Muscle wasting in disease: molecular mechanisms and promising therapies

S Cohen, JA Nathan, AL Goldberg - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Atrophy occurs in specific muscles with inactivity (for example, during plaster cast
immobilization) or denervation (for example, in patients with spinal cord injuries). Muscle …

Metabolic reprograming in macrophage polarization

S Galván-Peña, LAJ O'Neill - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Studying the metabolism of immune cells in recent years has emphasized the tight link
existing between the metabolic state and the phenotype of these cells. Macrophages in …

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

KS Vimaleswaran, DJ Berry, C Lu, E Tikkanen… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency, and both are areas of active
public health concern. We explored the causality and direction of the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial cell senescence in aging-related vascular dysfunction

G Jia, AR Aroor, C Jia, JR Sowers - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2019 - Elsevier
Increased cardiovascular disease in aging is partly a consequence of the vascular
endothelial cell (EC) senescence and associated vascular dysfunction. In this contest, EC …

Mitochondrial biogenesis and clearance: a balancing act

C Ploumi, I Daskalaki, N Tavernarakis - The FEBS journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are semi‐autonomous organelles of prokaryotic origin that are postulated to
have been acquired by eukaryotic cells through an early endosymbiotic event. Except for …

HIF1α induced switch from bivalent to exclusively glycolytic metabolism during ESC‐to‐EpiSC/hESC transition

W Zhou, M Choi, D Margineantu, L Margaretha… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
The function of metabolic state in stemness is poorly understood. Mouse embryonicstem
cells (ESC) and epiblast stem cells (EpiSC) are at distinct pluripotent statesrepresenting the …

New insights into PGC‐1 coactivators: redefining their role in the regulation of mitochondrial function and beyond

JA Villena - The FEBS journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Members of the PGC‐1 family of coactivators have been revealed as key players in the
regulation of energy metabolism. Early gain‐and loss‐of‐function studies led to the …

Metabolic reprogramming of macrophages during infections and cancer

S Wang, R Liu, Q Yu, L Dong, Y Bi, G Liu - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
In response to different microenvironmental stimuli, macrophages are polarized into two
populations, M1 macrophages which are classically activated by interferon (IFN)-γ with …

Mitochondrial DNA transcription and its regulation: an evolutionary perspective

G Barshad, S Marom, T Cohen, D Mishmar - Trends in genetics, 2018 - cell.com
The bacterial heritage of mitochondria, as well as its independent genome [mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA)] and polycistronic transcripts, led to the view that mitochondrial transcriptional …

Flavonoids and mitochondria: activation of cytoprotective pathways?

A Kicinska, W Jarmuszkiewicz - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
A large number of diverse mechanisms that lead to cytoprotection have been described to
date. Perhaps, not surprisingly, the role of mitochondria in these phenomena is notable. In …