Addressing the preventive and therapeutic perspective of berberine against diabetes

S Shrivastava, A Sharma, N Saxena, R Bhamra… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Diabetes has emerged as one the leading detrimental factors for human life expectancy
worldwide. The disease is mainly considered as outcome of dysregulation in glucose …

PACS-2 Ameliorates Tubular Injury by Facilitating Endoplasmic Reticulum–Mitochondria Contact and Mitophagy in Diabetic Nephropathy

C Li, L Li, M Yang, J Yang, C Zhao, Y Han, H Zhao… - Diabetes, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane (MAM) may have a role in
tubular injury in diabetic nephropathy (DN), but the precise mechanism remains unclear …

The impact of GLP-1 signalling on the energy metabolism of pancreatic islet β-cells and extrapancreatic tissues

LA Peart, M Draper, AI Tarasov - Peptides, 2024 - Elsevier
Glucagon-like peptide-1 signalling impacts glucose homeostasis and appetite thereby
indirectly affecting substrate availability at the whole-body level. The incretin canonically …

Soluble cyclase-mediated nuclear cAMP synthesis is sufficient for cell proliferation

A Pizzoni, X Zhang, N Naim… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
cAMP, a key player in many physiological processes, was classically considered to originate
solely from the plasma membrane (PM). This view was recently challenged by observations …

Suppression of cAMP/PKA/CREB signaling ameliorates retinal injury in diabetic retinopathy

XL Fang, Q Zhang, WW Xue, JH Tao… - … Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The blood‐retinal barrier (BRB), homeostasis, neuronal integrity, and metabolic processes
are all directly influenced by Müller cells, the most important retinal glial cells. We isolated …

Study of the Active Components and Molecular Mechanism of Tripterygium wilfordii in the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy

L Wang, Z Wang, Z Yang, K Yang… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We aimed to explore the active ingredients and molecular mechanism of Tripterygium
wilfordii (TW) in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy (DN) through network pharmacology …

Src homology 3 domain binding kinase 1 protects against hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance through the Nur77–FGF21 pathway

P Ahuja, X Bi, CF Ng, MCL Tse, M Hang, BPS Pang… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Src homology 3 domain binding kinase 1 protects against hepa... : Hepatology Src homology 3
domain binding kinase 1 protects against hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance through the …

Small hepatitis B virus surface antigen promotes hepatic gluconeogenesis via enhancing glucagon/cAMP/protein kinase A/CREB signaling

Y Chen, B Wang, X Ou, Y Wu, Y He, X Lin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major risk factor for serious liver diseases. The liver plays a
unique role in controlling carbohydrate metabolism to maintain the glucose level within the …

Gut microbiota metabolite tyramine ameliorates high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance via increased Ca2+ signaling

P Ma, Y Zhang, Y Yin, S Wang, S Chen, X Liang… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
The gut microbiota and their metabolites are closely linked to obesity-related diseases, such
as type 2 diabetes, but their causal relationship and underlying mechanisms remain largely …

Coupling of binding and differential subdomain folding of the intrinsically disordered transcription factor CREB

EP Bentley, D Scholl, PE Wright, AA Deniz - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) contains a basic leucine zipper
motif (bZIP) that forms a coiled coil structure upon dimerization and specific DNA binding …