AMP-activated protein kinase: the current landscape for drug development

GR Steinberg, D Carling - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Since the discovery of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) as a central regulator of energy
homeostasis, many exciting insights into its structure, regulation and physiological roles …

AMPK: guardian of metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis

S Herzig, RJ Shaw - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Cells constantly adapt their metabolism to meet their energy needs and respond to nutrient
availability. Eukaryotes have evolved a very sophisticated system to sense low cellular ATP …

[HTML][HTML] The critical role of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism in health and disease

JN van der Veen, JP Kennelly, S Wan, JE Vance… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) are the most abundant
phospholipids in all mammalian cell membranes. In the 1950s, Eugene Kennedy and co …

[HTML][HTML] AMPK in skeletal muscle function and metabolism

R Kjøbsted, JR Hingst, J Fentz, M Foretz… - The FASEB …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Skeletal muscle possesses a remarkable ability to adapt to various physiologic conditions.
AMPK is a sensor of intracellular energy status that maintains energy stores by fine-tuning …

Dysbiotic gut bacteria in obesity: an overview of the metabolic mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives of next-generation probiotics

J Breton, M Galmiche, P Déchelotte - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Obesity, a worldwide health concern with a constantly rising prevalence, is a multifactorial
chronic disease associated with a wide range of physiological disruptions, including energy …

MSC-induced lncRNA HCP5 drove fatty acid oxidation through miR-3619-5p/AMPK/PGC1α/CEBPB axis to promote stemness and chemo-resistance of gastric cancer

H Wu, B Liu, Z Chen, G Li, Z Zhang - Cell death & disease, 2020 - nature.com
Chemotherapy is the first-tier treatment regime for gastric cancer (GC) patients at advance
stages. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) cam affect drug-resistance of GC cells in tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Fatty acid trafficking in starved cells: regulation by lipid droplet lipolysis, autophagy, and mitochondrial fusion dynamics

AS Rambold, S Cohen, J Lippincott-Schwartz - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Fatty acids (FAs) provide cellular energy under starvation, yet how they mobilize and move
into mitochondria in starved cells, driving oxidative respiration, is unclear. Here, we clarify …

MicroRNA-33–dependent regulation of macrophage metabolism directs immune cell polarization in atherosclerosis

M Ouimet, HN Ediriweera, UM Gundra… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cellular metabolism is increasingly recognized as a controller of immune cell fate and
function. MicroRNA-33 (miR-33) regulates cellular lipid metabolism and represses genes …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of adipocyte AMPK exacerbates insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis through brown and beige adipose tissue function

EP Mottillo, EM Desjardins, JD Crane, BK Smith… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Brown (BAT) and white (WAT) adipose tissues play distinct roles in maintaining whole-body
energy homeostasis, and their dysfunction can contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) regulates energy metabolism through modulating thermogenesis in adipose tissue

L Wu, L Zhang, B Li, H Jiang, Y Duan, Z Xie… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Obesity occurs when excess energy accumulates in white adipose tissue (WAT), whereas
brown adipose tissue (BAT), which is specialized in dissipating energy through …