Adipose-tissue plasticity in health and disease

A Sakers, MK De Siqueira, P Seale, CJ Villanueva - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Adipose tissue, colloquially known as" fat," is an extraordinarily flexible and heterogeneous
organ. While historically viewed as a passive site for energy storage, we now appreciate that …

Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy

M Onishi, K Yamano, M Sato, N Matsuda… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Degradation of mitochondria via a selective form of autophagy, named mitophagy, is a
fundamental mechanism conserved from yeast to humans that regulates mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Adipose tissue distribution, inflammation and its metabolic consequences, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease

A Chait, LJ Den Hartigh - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Adipose tissue plays essential roles in maintaining lipid and glucose homeostasis. To date
several types of adipose tissue have been identified, namely white, brown, and beige, that …

Adipogenesis and metabolic health

AL Ghaben, PE Scherer - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Obesity is characterized by increased adipose tissue mass and has been associated with a
strong predisposition towards metabolic diseases and cancer. Thus, it constitutes a public …

Adapting to obesity with adipose tissue inflammation

SM Reilly, AR Saltiel - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2017 - nature.com
Adipose tissue not only has an important role in the storage of excess nutrients but also
senses nutrient status and regulates energy mobilization. An overall positive energy balance …

Signals from the gut microbiota to distant organs in physiology and disease

BO Schroeder, F Bäckhed - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
The ecosystem of the human gut consists of trillions of bacteria forming a bioreactor that is
fueled by dietary macronutrients to produce bioactive compounds. These microbiota-derived …

The cellular and functional complexity of thermogenic fat

P Cohen, S Kajimura - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Brown and beige adipocytes are mitochondria-enriched cells capable of dissipating energy
in the form of heat. These thermogenic fat cells were originally considered to function solely …

Fresh insights into glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus and new therapeutic directions

JX Li, CL Cummins - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022 - nature.com
Glucocorticoid hormones were discovered to have use as potent anti-inflammatory and
immunosuppressive therapeutics in the 1940s and their continued use and development …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolism disrupting chemicals and metabolic disorders

JJ Heindel, B Blumberg, M Cave, R Machtinger… - Reproductive …, 2017 - Elsevier
The recent epidemics of metabolic diseases, obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), liver lipid
disorders and metabolic syndrome have largely been attributed to genetic background and …

New advances in adaptive thermogenesis: UCP1 and beyond

ET Chouchani, L Kazak, BM Spiegelman - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Brown and beige adipocytes can catabolize stored energy to generate heat, and this distinct
capacity for thermogenesis could be leveraged as a therapy for metabolic diseases like …