Revisiting the adipocyte: a model for integration of cytokine signaling in the regulation of energy metabolism

A Rodríguez, S Ezquerro… - American Journal …, 2015‏ - journals.physiology.org
Adipose tissue constitutes an extremely active endocrine organ with a network of signaling
pathways enabling the organism to adapt to a wide range of different metabolic challenges …

[HTML][HTML] The multifaceted role of aquaporin-9 in health and its potential as a clinical biomarker

IV da Silva, S Garra, G Calamita, G Soveral - Biomolecules, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Aquaporins (AQPs) are transmembrane channels essential for water, energy, and redox
homeostasis, with proven involvement in a variety of pathophysiological conditions such as …

[HTML][HTML] Aquaporins in insulin resistance and diabetes: More than channels!

M Galli, A Hameed, A Żbikowski, P Zabielski - Redox biology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Aquaporins (AQPs) are part of the family of the integral membrane proteins. Their function is
dedicated to the transport of water, glycerol, ammonia, urea, H 2 O 2, and other small …

Aquaglyceroporins: implications in adipose biology and obesity

A Madeira, TF Moura, G Soveral - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015‏ - Springer
Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane water/glycerol channels that are involved in many
physiological processes. Their primary function is to facilitate the bidirectional transfer of …

Aquaglyceroporins: drug targets for metabolic diseases?

G Calamita, J Perret, C Delporte - Frontiers in physiology, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of transmembrane channel proteins facilitating the transport
of water, small solutes, and gasses across biological membranes. AQPs are expressed in all …

Reduced hepatic aquaporin-9 and glycerol permeability are related to insulin resistance in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A Rodríguez, P Gena, L Méndez-Giménez… - International journal of …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Results: AQP9 was the most abundantly (P< 0.0001) expressed aquaglyceroporin in human
liver (AQP9>>> AQP3> AQP7> AQP10). Obese patients with T2D showed increased plasma …

Leptin administration restores the altered adipose and hepatic expression of aquaglyceroporins improving the non-alcoholic fatty liver of ob/ob mice

A Rodríguez, NR Moreno, I Balaguer… - Scientific reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
Glycerol is an important metabolite for the control of lipid accumulation in white adipose
tissue (WAT) and liver. We aimed to investigate whether exogenous administration of leptin …

[کتاب][B] Aquaporins in health and disease: new molecular targets for drug discovery

G Soveral, S Nielsen, A Casini - 2018‏ - books.google.com
Since the discovery of Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) as a water channel, many studies have revealed
the importance of aquaporins in mammalian physiology and pathophysiology as well as …

Aquaporin-9 is involved in the lipid-lowering activity of the nutraceutical silybin on hepatocytes through modulation of autophagy and lipid droplets composition

F Baldini, P Portincasa, E Grasselli, G Damonte… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Hepatic steatosis is the hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the hepatic
manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance with potential evolution …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, male sexual dysfunction, and infertility: common links, common problems

DJ Hawksworth, AL Burnett - Sexual Medicine Reviews, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Introduction Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered a hallmark of metabolic
syndrome (MetS) and a significant contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD). With the …