Palmitic acid mediates hypothalamic insulin resistance by altering PKC-θ subcellular localization in rodents

SC Benoit, CJ Kemp, CF Elias… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Insulin signaling can be modulated by several isoforms of PKC in peripheral tissues. Here,
we assessed whether one specific isoform, PKC-θ, was expressed in critical CNS regions …

Mechanisms of inflammatory responses in obese adipose tissue

S Sun, Y Ji, S Kersten, L Qi - Annual review of nutrition, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The fields of immunology and metabolism are rapidly converging on adipose tissue. During
obesity, many immune cells infiltrate or populate in adipose tissue and promote a low-grade …

Human genetics uncovers MAP3K15 as an obesity-independent therapeutic target for diabetes

A Nag, RS Dhindsa, J Mitchell, C Vasavda… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
We performed collapsing analyses on 454,796 UK Biobank (UKB) exomes to detect gene-
level associations with diabetes. Recessive carriers of nonsynonymous variants in …

The effects of palmitate on hepatic insulin resistance are mediated by NADPH Oxidase 3-derived reactive oxygen species through JNK and p38MAPK pathways

D Gao, S Nong, X Huang, Y Lu, H Zhao, Y Lin… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Elevated plasma free fatty acid (FFA) levels in obesity may play a pathogenic role in the
development of insulin resistance. However, molecular mechanisms linking FFA to insulin …

Reversal of hypertriglyceridemia, fatty liver disease, and insulin resistance by a liver-targeted mitochondrial uncoupler

RJ Perry, T Kim, XM Zhang, HY Lee, D Pesta… - Cell metabolism, 2013 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects one in three Americans and is a major
predisposing condition for the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes (T2D). We examined …

[PDF][PDF] Randomized comparison of reduced fat and reduced carbohydrate hypocaloric diets on intrahepatic fat in overweight and obese human subjects

S Haufe, S Engeli, P Kast, J Böhnke, W Utz… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity‐related hepatic steatosis is a major risk factor for metabolic and cardiovascular
disease. Fat reduced hypocaloric diets are able to relieve the liver from ectopically stored …

Molecular basis and mechanisms of progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

F Marra, A Gastaldelli, GS Baroni, G Tell… - Trends in molecular …, 2008 - cell.com
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, is
characterized by fatty infiltration of the liver, inflammation, hepatocellular damage and …

Cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

JB Schwimmer, PE Pardee, JE Lavine, AK Blumkin… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common cause of liver
disease in children, is associated with obesity and insulin resistance. However, the …

Fatty liver and lipotoxicity

M Trauner, M Arrese, M Wagner - … et biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Fatty liver disease comprises a spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis
which can progress to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer. Hepatic lipotoxicity may …

Consumption of red meat and whole-grain bread in relation to biomarkers of obesity, inflammation, glucose metabolism and oxidative stress

J Montonen, H Boeing, A Fritsche, E Schleicher… - European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose To examine the association of red meat and whole-grain bread consumption with
plasma levels of biomarkers related to glucose metabolism, oxidative stress, inflammation …