Natural killer cells in cancer biology and therapy

SY Wu, T Fu, YZ Jiang, ZM Shao - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment is highly complex, and immune escape is currently considered
an important hallmark of cancer, largely contributing to tumor progression and metastasis …

The endocrine function of adipose tissues in health and cardiometabolic disease

L Scheja, J Heeren - Nature reviews endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
In addition to their role in glucose and lipid metabolism, adipocytes respond differentially to
physiological cues or metabolic stress by releasing endocrine factors that regulate diverse …

Chronic tissue inflammation and metabolic disease

YS Lee, J Olefsky - Genes & development, 2021 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Obesity is the most common cause of insulin resistance, and the current obesity epidemic is
driving a parallel rise in the incidence of T2DM. It is now widely recognized that chronic …

COVID-19 and obesity: dangerous liaisons

G Caci, A Albini, M Malerba, DM Noonan… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Besides advanced age and the presence of multiple comorbidities as major contributors to
increased risk of severe disease and fatal outcome from Severe Acute Respiratory …

Immune and non-immune functions of adipose tissue leukocytes

WV Trim, L Lynch - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Adipose tissue is a complex dynamic organ with whole-body immunometabolic influence.
Much of the work into understanding the role of immune cells in adipose tissue has been in …

[PDF][PDF] Exercise-induced changes in visceral adipose tissue mass are regulated by IL-6 signaling: a randomized controlled trial

AS Wedell-Neergaard, LL Lehrskov, RH Christensen… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Visceral adipose tissue is harmful to metabolic health. Exercise training reduces visceral
adipose tissue mass, but the underlying mechanisms are not known. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) …

[PDF][PDF] An integrated view of immunometabolism

YS Lee, J Wollam, JM Olefsky - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The worldwide obesity epidemic has emerged as a major cause of insulin resistance and
Type 2 diabetes. Chronic tissue inflammation is a well-recognized feature of obesity, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity-induced TNFα and IL-6 signaling: the missing link between obesity and inflammation—driven liver and colorectal cancers

L Kern, MJ Mittenbühler, AJ Vesting, AL Ostermann… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancers | Free Full-Text | Obesity-Induced TNFα and IL-6 Signaling: The Missing Link between
Obesity and Inflammation—Driven Liver and Colorectal Cancers Next Article in Journal Effects …

JAK/STAT–emerging players in metabolism

DW Dodington, HR Desai, M Woo - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
The Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway is
crucial for transducing signals from a variety of metabolically relevant hormones and …

[HTML][HTML] Parallels in immunometabolic adipose tissue dysfunction with ageing and obesity

W Trim, JE Turner, D Thompson - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ageing, like obesity, is often associated with alterations in metabolic and inflammatory
processes resulting in morbidity from diseases characterised by poor metabolic control …