A review of cardiovascular effects and underlying mechanisms of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

ZJ Wen, YJ Wei, YF Zhang, YF Zhang - Archives of Toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) poses the leading threats to human health and life, and their
occurrence and severity are associated with exposure to environmental pollutants. Per-and …

[HTML][HTML] The KLF7/PFKL/ACADL axis modulates cardiac metabolic remodelling during cardiac hypertrophy in male mice

C Wang, S Qiao, Y Zhao, H Tian, W Yan, X Hou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The main hallmark of myocardial substrate metabolism in cardiac hypertrophy or heart
failure is a shift from fatty acid oxidation to greater reliance on glycolysis. However, the close …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting T-cell metabolism to boost immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

H Li, A Zhao, M Li, L Shi, Q Han, Z Hou - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown promising therapeutic effects in the
treatment of advanced solid cancers, but their overall response rate is still very low for …

New therapies for primary hyperlipidemia

CA Aguilar-Salinas, RA Gómez-Díaz… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Primary hyperlipidemias include a heterogeneous set of monogenic and polygenic
conditions characterized by a strong family aggregation, severe forms of …

Polystyrene nanospheres-induced hepatotoxicity in swamp eel (Monopterus albus): From biochemical, pathological and transcriptomic perspectives

W Lv, H Gu, D He, Z Liu, C Yao, W Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As ubiquitous emerging pollutants, microplastics (MPs) in aquatic environments have
aroused critical global concerns. Despite the occurrence and characteristics of MPs in …

[HTML][HTML] Fatty acid β-oxidation in kidney diseases: perspectives on pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

Z Gao, X Chen - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The kidney is a highly metabolic organ and requires a large amount of ATP to maintain its
filtration-reabsorption function, and mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation serves as the main …

PPARγ signaling in hepatocarcinogenesis: mechanistic insights for cellular reprogramming and therapeutic implications

SM Ishtiaq, MI Arshad, JA Khan - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Liver cancer or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is leading cause of cancer-related
mortalities globally. The therapeutic approaches for chronic liver diseases-associated liver …

CD36 as a gatekeeper of myocardial lipid metabolism and therapeutic target for metabolic disease

JFC Glatz, LC Heather… - Physiological reviews, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
The multifunctional membrane glycoprotein CD36 is expressed in different types of cells and
plays a key regulatory role in cellular lipid metabolism, especially in cardiac muscle. CD36 …

Targeting the alternative vitamin E metabolite binding site enables noncanonical PPARγ modulation

S Arifi, JA Marschner, J Pollinger, L Isigkeit… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The lipid-sensing transcription factor PPARγ is the target of antidiabetic thiazolidinediones
(TZD). At two sites within its ligand binding domain, it also binds oxidized vitamin E …

A honeybee stinger-inspired self-interlocking microneedle patch and its application in myocardial infarction treatment

Y Lu, T Ren, H Zhang, Q Jin, L Shen, M Shan, X Zhao… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Weak tissue adhesion remains a major challenge in clinical translation of microneedle
patches. Mimicking the structural features of honeybee stingers, stiff polymeric microneedles …