Could ceramides become the new cholesterol?

SA Summers - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
The Mayo Clinic recently introduced a diagnostic test that quantifies plasma ceramides in
order to identify patients at risk of major adverse cardiac events. By comparing recent …

Ectopic fat accumulation in distinct insulin resistant phenotypes; targets for personalized nutritional interventions

I Trouwborst, SM Bowser, GH Goossens… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cardiometabolic diseases are one of the leading causes for disability and mortality in the
Western world. The prevalence of these chronic diseases is expected to rise even further in …

[HTML][HTML] Intracellular localization of diacylglycerols and sphingolipids influences insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle

L Perreault, SA Newsom, A Strauss, A Kerege… - JCI insight, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND. Accumulation of diacylglycerol (DAG) and sphingolipids is thought to
promote skeletal muscle insulin resistance by altering cellular signaling specific to their …

Insulin resistance and bone: a biological partnership

C Conte, S Epstein, N Napoli - Acta diabetologica, 2018 - Springer
Despite a clear association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and fracture risk, the
pathogenesis of bone fragility in T2D has not been clearly elucidated. Insulin resistance is …

Sources of inter-individual variability in the therapeutic response of blood glucose control to exercise in type 2 diabetes: going beyond exercise dose

TPJ Solomon - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In the context of type 2 diabetes, inter-individual variability in the therapeutic response of
blood glucose control to exercise exists to the extent that some individuals, occasionally …

Beyond fitness tracking: the use of consumer-grade wearable data from normal volunteers in cardiovascular and lipidomics research

WK Lim, S Davila, JX Teo, C Yang, CJ Pua… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The use of consumer-grade wearables for purposes beyond fitness tracking has not been
comprehensively explored. We generated and analyzed multidimensional data from 233 …

Serum metabolomics of activity energy expenditure and its relation to metabolic syndrome and obesity

MSA Palmnäs, KA Kopciuk, RA Shaykhutdinov… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Modifiable lifestyle factors, including exercise and activity energy expenditure (AEE), may
attenuate the unfavorable health effects of obesity, such as risk factors of metabolic …

The effect of diet and exercise on lipid droplet dynamics in human muscle tissue

S Daemen, N van Polanen… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The majority of fat in the human body is stored as triacylglycerols in white adipose tissue. In
the obese state, adipose tissue mass expands and excess lipids are stored in non-adipose …

High-intensity interval, but not endurance, training induces muscle fiber type-specific subsarcolemmal lipid droplet size reduction in type 2 diabetic patients

HCE Koh, N Ørtenblad, KM Winding… - American Journal …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
This study compared the effects of moderate-intensity endurance training and high-intensity
interval training on fiber type-specific subcellular volumetric content and morphology of lipid …

Key factors involved in obesity development

Z Wang, D Yuan, Y Duan, S Li, S Hou - Eating and Weight Disorders …, 2018 - Springer
Obesity has been considered to be a chronic disease that requires medical prevention and
treatment. Intriguingly, many factors, including adipose tissue dysfunction, mitochondrial …