Targeting protein modifications in metabolic diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies

X Wu, M Xu, M Geng, S Chen, PJ Little, S Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represents a major
public health burden worldwide. The most common form of NCD is metabolic diseases …

Emerging role of aging in the progression of NAFLD to HCC

Y He, Y Su, C Duan, S Wang, W He, Y Zhang… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the aging of global population, the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) has surged in recent decades. NAFLD is a multifactorial disease that follows a …

From NAFLD to MAFLD: implications of a premature change in terminology

ZM Younossi, ME Rinella, AJ Sanyal, SA Harrison… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the substantial gains in our understanding of NAFLD/NASH over the past 2
decades, there has been some dissatisfaction with the terminology “non‐alcoholic” which …

USP48 is upregulated by Mettl14 to attenuate hepatocellular carcinoma via regulating SIRT6 stabilization

L Du, Y Li, M Kang, M Feng, Y Ren, H Dai, Y Wang… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Exploiting cancer metabolism for the clinical benefit of patients with hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) is a topic under active investigation. Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 48 …

USP10 promotes proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma by deubiquitinating and stabilizing YAP/TAZ

H Zhu, F Yan, T Yuan, M Qian, T Zhou, X Dai, J Cao… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Yes-associated protein (YAP) and its paralog, transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding
motif (TAZ), play pivotal roles in promoting the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma …

GAS5 protects against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via miR-28a-5p/MARCH7/NLRP3 axis-mediated pyroptosis

T Chen, Y Meng, Z Zhou, H Li, L Wan, A Kang… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterised by hepatic steatosis, inflammation,
and insulin resistance. The role of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA)-regulated pyroptosis in …

[PDF][PDF] Sirt6 alleviated liver fibrosis by deacetylating conserved lysine 54 on Smad2 in hepatic stellate cells

J Zhang, Y Li, Q Liu, Y Huang, R Li, T Wu, Z Zhang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Backgrounds and Aims Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is a central driver of
fibrosis. This study aimed to elucidate the role of the deacetylase sirtuin 6 (Sirt6) in HSC …

Structure and hepatoprotective activity of Usp10/NF-κB/Nrf2 pathway-related Morchella esculenta polysaccharide

S Teng, Y Zhang, X Jin, Y Zhu, L Li, X Huang… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The water-soluble Morchella esculenta polysaccharide 2 (MEP2) was purified and isolated
from an aqueous extract of the Morchella esculenta fruiting bodies. MEP2, having a …

Progress in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: SIRT family regulates mitochondrial biogenesis

C Zeng, M Chen - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by hepatic steatosis, insulin
resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress. As a group of …

Ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs) and metabolic disorders

H Kitamura - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitination and deubiquitination are reversible processes that modify the characteristics
of target proteins, including stability, intracellular localization, and enzymatic activity …