Lipid and glucose metabolism in white adipocytes: pathways, dysfunction and therapeutics

P Morigny, J Boucher, P Arner, D Langin - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In mammals, the white adipocyte is a cell type that is specialized for storage of energy (in the
form of triacylglycerols) and for energy mobilization (as fatty acids). White adipocyte …

Understanding the diversity of membrane lipid composition

T Harayama, H Riezman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Cellular membranes are formed from a chemically diverse set of lipids present in various
amounts and proportions. A high lipid diversity is universal in eukaryotes and is seen from …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress and lipids in health and diseases

C Celik, SYT Lee, WS Yap, G Thibault - Progress in Lipid Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a complex and dynamic organelle that regulates many
cellular pathways, including protein synthesis, protein quality control, and lipid synthesis …

Lipid metabolism and ferroptosis

JY Lee, WK Kim, KH Bae, SC Lee, EW Lee - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ferroptosis is a type of cell death, which is morphologically and
mechanistically distinct from other type of cell death pathways such as apoptosis and …

Ozone-enabled fatty acid discovery reveals unexpected diversity in the human lipidome

JP Menzel, RSE Young, AH Benfield, JS Scott… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fatty acid isomers are responsible for an under-reported lipidome diversity across all
kingdoms of life. Isomers of unsaturated fatty acids are often masked in contemporary …

[HTML][HTML] Desaturases and elongases involved in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in aquatic animals: From genes to functions

Ó Monroig, AC Shu-Chien, N Kabeya, DR Tocher… - Progress in lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems are rich in “omega-3” long-chain (C 20-24) polyunsaturated fatty acids
(LC-PUFA). Their production has been historically accepted to derive mostly from marine …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of ferroptotic cancer cell death by GPX4

WS Yang, R SriRamaratnam, ME Welsch, K Shimada… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Ferroptosis is a form of nonapoptotic cell death for which key regulators remain unknown.
We sought a common mediator for the lethality of 12 ferroptosis-inducing small molecules …

The metabolic underpinnings of ferroptosis

J Zheng, M Conrad - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Acute or chronic cellular stress resulting from aberrant metabolic and biochemical processes
may trigger a pervasive non-apoptotic form of cell death, generally known as ferroptosis …

Fatty acid desaturases, polyunsaturated fatty acid regulation, and biotechnological advances

JM Lee, H Lee, SB Kang, WJ Park - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are considered to be critical nutrients to regulate human
health and development, and numerous fatty acid desaturases play key roles in synthesizing …

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in chordates: Insights into the evolution of Fads and Elovl gene repertoire

LFC Castro, DR Tocher, O Monroig - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) are major components of complex lipid
molecules and are also involved in numerous critical biological processes. Studies …