ABC transporters as mediators of drug resistance and contributors to cancer cell biology

JI Fletcher, RT Williams, MJ Henderson… - Drug Resistance …, 2016 - Elsevier
The extrusion of anticancer drugs by members of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC)
transporter family is one of the most widely recognized mechanisms of multidrug resistance …

An exercise-inducible metabolite that suppresses feeding and obesity

VL Li, Y He, K Contrepois, H Liu, JT Kim… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Exercise confers protection against obesity, type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic
diseases,,,–. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate the metabolic …

Six categories of amino acid derivatives with potential taste contributions: A review of studies on soy sauce

Z Huang, Y Feng, J Zeng, M Zhao - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
During the fermentation of soy sauce, the metabolism of microorganisms and the Maillard
reaction produce a wide variety of metabolites that contribute to the unique and rich flavor …

Circulating markers of NADH-reductive stress correlate with mitochondrial disease severity

R Sharma, B Reinstadler, K Engelstad… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Mitochondrial disorders represent a large collection of rare syndromes that are difficult to
manage both because we do not fully understand biochemical pathogenesis and because …

Generating the blood exposome database using a comprehensive text mining and database fusion approach

DK Barupal, O Fiehn - Environmental health perspectives, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Blood chemicals are routinely measured in clinical or preclinical research
studies to diagnose diseases, assess risks in epidemiological research, or use metabolomic …

VARIDT 1.0: variability of drug transporter database

J Yin, W Sun, F Li, J Hong, X Li, Y Zhou… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The absorption, distribution and excretion of drugs are largely determined by their
transporters (DTs), the variability of which has thus attracted considerable attention. There …

Metformin and feeding increase levels of the appetite-suppressing metabolite Lac-Phe in humans

B Scott, EA Day, KL O'Brien, J Scanlan, G Cromwell… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Metformin, a widely used first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes (T2D), is known to reduce
blood glucose levels and suppress appetite. Here we report a significant elevation of the …

Lac-Phe mediates the effects of metformin on food intake and body weight

S Xiao, VL Li, X Lyu, X Chen, W Wei, F Abbasi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Metformin is a widely prescribed anti-diabetic medicine that also reduces body weight.
There is ongoing debate about the mechanisms that mediate metformin's effects on energy …

Metabolites as risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes: a 12-year follow-up study

L Fernandes Silva, J Hokkanen… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a specific microvascular complication in patients with
diabetes and the leading cause of blindness. Recent advances in omics, especially …

C. elegans as a model for inter-individual variation in metabolism

BW Fox, O Ponomarova, YU Lee, G Zhang, GE Giese… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Individuals can exhibit differences in metabolism that are caused by the interplay of genetic
background, nutritional input, microbiota and other environmental factors,,–. It is difficult to …