Bile acids and their receptors in metabolic disorders

S Fiorucci, E Distrutti, A Carino, A Zampella… - Progress in Lipid …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Bile acids are a large family of atypical steroids which exert their functions by binding to a
family of ubiquitous cell membrane and nuclear receptors. There are two main bile acid …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Adipose tissue and metabolic health

SM An, SH Cho, JC Yoon - Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2023‏ - synapse.koreamed.org
In this review, we provide a brief synopsis of the connections between adipose tissue and
metabolic health and highlight some recent developments in understanding and exploiting …

Brown and beige fat: physiological roles beyond heat generation

S Kajimura, BM Spiegelman, P Seale - Cell metabolism, 2015‏ - cell.com
Since brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy through UCP1, BAT has garnered
attention as a therapeutic intervention for obesity and metabolic diseases including type 2 …

Role of dietary fructose and hepatic de novo lipogenesis in fatty liver disease

S Softic, DE Cohen, CR Kahn - Digestive diseases and sciences, 2016‏ - Springer
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a liver manifestation of metabolic syndrome.
Overconsumption of high-fat diet (HFD) and increased intake of sugar-sweetened …

Understanding the physiology of FGF21

FM Fisher, E Maratos-Flier - Annual review of physiology, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a peptide hormone that is synthesized by several
organs and regulates energy homeostasis. Excitement surrounding this relatively recently …

Treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: role of AMPK

BK Smith, K Marcinko, EM Desjardins… - American Journal …, 2016‏ - journals.physiology.org
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a growing worldwide epidemic and an important
risk factor for the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic …

Restoration of metabolic health by decreased consumption of branched‐chain amino acids

NE Cummings, EM Williams, I Kasza… - The Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Key points We recently found that feeding healthy mice a diet with reduced levels of
branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), which are associated with insulin resistance in both …

Therapeutic potential of the endocrine fibroblast growth factors FGF19, FGF21 and FGF23

C Degirolamo, C Sabbà, A Moschetta - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016‏ - nature.com
The endocrine fibroblast growth factors (FGFs), FGF19, FGF21 and FGF23, are critical for
maintaining whole-body homeostasis, with roles in bile acid, glucose and lipid metabolism …

FGF21 gene therapy as treatment for obesity and insulin resistance

V Jimenez, C Jambrina, E Casana… - EMBO molecular …, 2018‏ - embopress.org
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity is increasing worldwide. Currently
available therapies are not suited for all patients in the heterogeneous obese/T2D …