The crucial role and mechanism of insulin resistance in metabolic disease

X Zhao, X An, C Yang, W Sun, H Ji… - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Insulin resistance (IR) plays a crucial role in the development and progression of
metabolism-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, tumors, and nonalcoholic fatty …

Obese visceral fat tissue inflammation: from protective to detrimental?

H Kolb - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Obesity usually is accompanied by inflammation of fat tissue, with a prominent role of
visceral fat. Chronic inflammation in obese fat tissue is of a lower grade than acute immune …

Oxidative phosphorylation selectively orchestrates tissue macrophage homeostasis

SK Wculek, I Heras-Murillo, A Mastrangelo, D Mañanes… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
In vitro studies have associated oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) with anti-inflammatory
macrophages, whereas pro-inflammatory macrophages rely on glycolysis. However, the …

Macrophage function in adipose tissue homeostasis and metabolic inflammation

T Chavakis, VI Alexaki, AW Ferrante Jr - Nature Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Obesity-related metabolic organ inflammation contributes to cardiometabolic disorders. In
obese individuals, changes in lipid fluxes and storage elicit immune responses in the …

Metabolism of tissue macrophages in homeostasis and pathology

SK Wculek, G Dunphy, I Heras-Murillo… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular metabolism orchestrates the intricate use of tissue fuels for catabolism and
anabolism to generate cellular energy and structural components. The emerging field of …

Metaflammation in obesity and its therapeutic targeting

MW Schleh, HL Caslin, JN Garcia… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Obesity-associated inflammation is a systemic process that affects all metabolic organs.
Prominent among these is adipose tissue, where cells of the innate and adaptive immune …

Adipokines, hepatokines and myokines: focus on their role and molecular mechanisms in adipose tissue inflammation

Y Ren, H Zhao, C Yin, X Lan, L Wu, X Du… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue (AT) is a hallmark of obesity and
contributes to various metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular …

Obesity, hypertension, and cardiac dysfunction: novel roles of immunometabolism in macrophage activation and inflammation

AJ Mouton, X Li, ME Hall, JE Hall - Circulation research, 2020 - ahajournals.org
Obesity and hypertension, which often coexist, are major risk factors for heart failure and are
characterized by chronic, low-grade inflammation, which promotes adverse cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of insulin action and insulin resistance

MC Petersen, GI Shulman - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The 1921 discovery of insulin was a Big Bang from which a vast and expanding universe of
research into insulin action and resistance has issued. In the intervening century, some …

Role of cardiac macrophages on cardiac inflammation, fibrosis and tissue repair

WP Lafuse, DJ Wozniak, MVS Rajaram - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The immune system plays a pivotal role in the initiation, development and resolution of
inflammation following insult or damage to organs. The heart is a vital organ which supplies …