Physiological and pathological roles of lipogenesis

YG Jeon, YY Kim, G Lee, JB Kim - Nature Metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
Lipids are essential metabolites, which function as energy sources, structural components
and signalling mediators. Most cells are able to convert carbohydrates into fatty acids, which …

Role of insulin resistance in MAFLD

Y Sakurai, N Kubota, T Yamauchi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many studies have reported that metabolic dysfunction is closely involved in the complex
mechanism underlying the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which …

Reprogramming tumour-associated macrophages to outcompete cancer cells

X Zhang, S Li, I Malik, MH Do, L Ji, C Chou, W Shi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In metazoan organisms, cell competition acts as a quality control mechanism to eliminate
unfit cells in favour of their more robust neighbours,. This mechanism has the potential to be …

Resistant starch decreases intrahepatic triglycerides in patients with NAFLD via gut microbiome alterations

Y Ni, L Qian, SL Siliceo, X Long, E Nychas, Y Liu… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a hepatic manifestation of metabolic dysfunction
for which effective interventions are lacking. To investigate the effects of resistant starch (RS) …

Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complexes in neurodegeneration

H Querfurth, HK Lee - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Novel targets to arrest neurodegeneration in several dementing conditions involving
misfolded protein accumulations may be found in the diverse signaling pathways of the …

Metabolic codependencies in the tumor microenvironment

P Dey, AC Kimmelman, RA DePinho - Cancer Discovery, 2021 - AACR
Metabolic reprogramming enables cancer cell growth, proliferation, and survival. This
reprogramming is driven by the combined actions of oncogenic alterations in cancer cells …

Mechanism and medical implications of mammalian autophagy

I Dikic, Z Elazar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process induced under various conditions of
cellular stress, which prevents cell damage and promotes survival in the event of energy or …

[HTML][HTML] Glutamate excitotoxicity: Potential therapeutic target for ischemic stroke

Z Shen, M **ang, C Chen, F Ding, Y Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity is an important mechanism leading to post ischemic
stroke damage. After acute stroke, the sudden reduction in cerebral blood flow is most …

Insulin action and resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes

MP Czech - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Nutritional excess is a major forerunner of type 2 diabetes. It enhances the secretion of
insulin, but attenuates insulin's metabolic actions in the liver, skeletal muscle and adipose …

Amino acid-dependent control of mTORC1 signaling: a variety of regulatory modes

T Takahara, Y Amemiya, R Sugiyama, M Maki… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is an essential regulator of cell
growth and metabolism through the modulation of protein and lipid synthesis, lysosome …