With changing lifestyles, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most
prevalent liver disease worldwide. A substantial increase in the incidence, mortality, and …

Obesity, defined by excessive body fat, is a highly complex condition affecting numerous
physiological processes, such as metabolism, proliferation, and cellular homeostasis. These …

Hypoglycemic medications that could be co-administered with prebiotics and functional
foods can potentially reduce the burden of metabolic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes …

Abstracts Cadmium (Cd) is an important environmental pollutant. Herein, we discovered a
new way of lipid accumulation, where lipid droplets can be transferred across cells. In this …

Excessive body fat is associated with various comorbidities including cardiovascular
disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and certain types of cancer. The search for effective …

The progression of metabolic diseases, featured by dysregulated metabolic signaling
pathways, is orchestrated by numerous signaling networks. Among the regulators, ion …

Background Current guidelines for obesity prevention and control focus on body mass index
(BMI) and rarely address central obesity. Few studies have been conducted on the …

Background We aimed to explore the causal relationship between blood metabolites and
the risk of visceral obesity, as measured by visceral adipose tissue (VAT). Methods …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are two of the four
major chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) representing the leading cause of death …

Simple Summary Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is a transmembrane protein with important
immune activity. However, emerging evidence has shown that TLR4 also regulates glucose …