[HTML][HTML] Treatment with celastrol protects against obesity through suppression of galanin-induced fat intake and activation of PGC-1α/GLUT4 axis-mediated glucose …

P Fang, B He, M Yu, M Shi, Y Zhu, Z Zhang… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Overweight and obesity may cause several metabolic complications, including type 2
diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. Despite years of progress in medicine, there are no …

Cascade regulation of PPARγ2 and C/EBPα signaling pathways by celastrol impairs adipocyte differentiation and stimulates lipolysis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

SK Choi, S Park, S Jang, HH Cho, S Lee, S You… - Metabolism, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Celastrol, a triterpene from the root bark of the Chinese medicinal plant
Tripterygium wilfordii, has been shown to exhibit anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer …

Celastrol alleviates high-fat diet-induced obesity via enhanced muscle glucose utilization and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism-mediated upregulation of pyruvate …

MHA Bakar, NSN Shahril, MSFM Khalid… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Celastrol, a natural triterpene from the Tripterygium wilfordii has been demonstrated to
possess attributive properties to attenuate various animal models of obesity-associated …

Celastrol alleviates metabolic disturbance in high‐fat diet‐induced obese mice through increasing energy expenditure by ameliorating metabolic inflammation

X Yang, F Wu, L Li, EC Lynch, L Xie… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Celastrol, a natural triterpene, has been shown to treat obesity and its related metabolic
disorders. In this study, we first assessed the relationship between the antiobesity effects of …

Celastrol as a tool for the study of the biological events of metabolic diseases

G Lan, J Zhang, W Ye, F Yang, A Li, W He… - Science China …, 2019 - Springer
Celastrol is a pentacyclic triterpenoid isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii that has long been
used in traditional Chinese medicine for treating rheumatoid arthritis. Previous studies …

Detection and quantification of the anti-obesity drug celastrol in murine liver and brain

M De Angelis, SC Schriever, E Kyriakou… - Neurochemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Celastrol is a natural pentacyclic triterpene extracted from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordi
(thunder god vine). Celastrol was reported as a powerful anti-obesity drug with leptin …

Celastrol-induced weight loss is driven by hypophagia and independent from UCP1

K Pfuhlmann, SC Schriever, P Baumann, DG Kabra… - Diabetes, 2018 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Celastrol, a plant-derived constituent of traditional Chinese medicine, has been proposed to
offer significant potential as an antiobesity drug. However, the molecular mechanism for this …

[PDF][PDF] Treatment of obesity with celastrol

J Liu, J Lee, MAS Hernandez, R Mazitschek, U Ozcan - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Despite all modern advances in medicine, an effective drug treatment of obesity has not
been found yet. Discovery of leptin two decades ago created hopes for treatment of obesity …

Celastrol in metabolic diseases: Progress and application prospects

S Xu, Y Feng, W He, W Xu, W Xu, H Yang, X Li - Pharmacological research, 2021 - Elsevier
Metabolic diseases are becoming increasingly common in modern society. Therefore, it is
essential to develop effective drugs or new treatments for metabolic diseases. As an active …

[HTML][HTML] Celastrol functions as an emerging manager of lipid metabolism: Mechanism and therapeutic potential

J Gu, YN Shi, N Zhu, HF Li, CJ Zhang, L Qin - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lipid metabolism disorders are pivotal in the development of various lipid-related diseases,
such as obesity, atherosclerosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, and …