Targeting fibrosis: Mechanisms and clinical trials

M Zhao, L Wang, M Wang, S Zhou, Y Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to
dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop …

Microglia polarization from M1 to M2 in neurodegenerative diseases

S Guo, H Wang, Y Yin - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation is a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Obesity and the risk of cardiometabolic diseases

PL Valenzuela, P Carrera-Bastos… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The prevalence of obesity has reached pandemic proportions, and now approximately 25%
of adults in Westernized countries have obesity. Recognized as a major health concern …

Obesity alters pathology and treatment response in inflammatory disease

SP Bapat, C Whitty, CT Mowery, Y Liang, A Yoo… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Decades of work have elucidated cytokine signalling and transcriptional pathways that
control T cell differentiation and have led the way to targeted biologic therapies that are …

NAFLD and increased risk of cardiovascular disease: clinical associations, pathophysiological mechanisms and pharmacological implications

G Targher, CD Byrne, H Tilg - Gut, 2020 - gut.bmj.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a public health problem, affecting up to a third of
the world's adult population. Several cohort studies have consistently documented that …

PPARs as metabolic regulators in the liver: lessons from liver-specific PPAR-null mice

Y Wang, T Nakajima, FJ Gonzalez… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α, β/δ, and γ modulate lipid homeostasis.
PPARα regulates lipid metabolism in the liver, the organ that largely controls whole-body …

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

S Francque, G Szabo, MF Abdelmalek… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The increasing epidemic of obesity worldwide is linked to serious health effects, including
increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and nonalcoholic …

From pre-diabetes to diabetes: diagnosis, treatments and translational research

RMM Khan, ZJY Chua, JC Tan, Y Yang, Z Liao, Y Zhao - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetes, a silent killer, is one of the most widely prevalent conditions of the present time.
According to the 2017 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) statistics, the global …

Ovulation: parallels with inflammatory processes

DM Duffy, CM Ko, M Jo, M Brannstrom… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The midcycle surge of LH sets in motion interconnected networks of signaling cascades to
bring about rupture of the follicle and release of the oocyte during ovulation. Many mediators …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolite interactions between host and microbiota during health and disease: Which feeds the other?

Y Zhang, R Chen, DD Zhang, S Qi, Y Liu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolites produced by the host and microbiota play a crucial role in how human bodies
develop and remain healthy. Most of these metabolites are produced by microbiota and …