Mitochondria: It is all about energy

A Casanova, A Wevers, S Navarro-Ledesma… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria play a key role in both health and disease. Their function is not limited to
energy production but serves multiple mechanisms varying from iron and calcium …

The role of adipokines in inflammatory mechanisms of obesity

TV Kirichenko, YV Markina, AI Bogatyreva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adipokines are currently widely studied cellular signaling proteins produced by adipose
tissue and involved in various processes, including inflammation; energy and appetite …

Interferon family cytokines in obesity and insulin sensitivity

LY Huang, CJ Chiu, CH Hsing, YH Hsu - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Obesity and its associated complications are global public health concerns. Metabolic
disturbances and immune dysregulation cause adipose tissue stress and dysfunction in …

Obesity and diabetes

C Boutari, A DeMarsilis, CS Mantzoros - Diabetes Research and Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Obesity, which has currently reached pandemic dimensions, is usually accompanied by
diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM). These two conditions share common pathophysiological …

Organokines in COVID-19: a systematic review

SM Barbalho, G Minniti, VFB Miola, JFS Haber… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 that
induces a generalized inflammatory state. Organokines (adipokines, osteokines, myokines …

Functional foods: a promising strategy for restoring gut microbiota diversity impacted by SARS-CoV-2 variants

A Banerjee, I Somasundaram, D Das, S Jain Manoj… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural herbs and functional foods contain bioactive molecules capable of augmenting the
immune system and mediating anti-viral functions. Functional foods, such as prebiotics …

[HTML][HTML] Adipokines in the Crosstalk between Adipose Tissues and Other Organs: Implications in Cardiometabolic Diseases

S Hemat Jouy, S Mohan, G Scichilone, A Mostafa… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Adipose tissue was previously regarded as a dormant organ for lipid storage until the
identification of adiponectin and leptin in the early 1990s. This revelation unveiled the …

[HTML][HTML] Reviving the mutual impact of SARS-COV-2 and obesity on patients: From morbidity to mortality

T Behl, S Kumar, S Singh, S Bhatia, A Albarrati… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity-related metabolic dysfunction, endothelium imbalance, chronic inflammation,
immune dysregulation, and its comorbidities may all have a role in systemic inflammation …

SARS-CoV-2 specific immune responses in overweight and obese COVID-19 patients

TB Onyango, F Zhou, G Bredholt, KA Brokstad… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is a known risk factor for severe respiratory tract infections. In this prospective study,
we assessed the impact of being obese or overweight on longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 humoral …

What role for cellular metabolism in the control of hepatitis viruses?

O Diaz, PO Vidalain, C Ramière, V Lotteau… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis B, C and D viruses (HBV, HCV, HDV, respectively) specifically infect human
hepatocytes and often establish chronic viral infections of the liver, thus esca** antiviral …