[HTML][HTML] Lipolysis: cellular mechanisms for lipid mobilization from fat stores

GF Grabner, H Xie, M Schweiger, R Zechner - Nature metabolism, 2021 - nature.com
The perception that intracellular lipolysis is a straightforward process that releases fatty
acids from fat stores in adipose tissue to generate energy has experienced major revisions …

[HTML][HTML] The lactate and the lactate dehydrogenase in inflammatory diseases and major risk factors in COVID-19 patients

GS Gupta - Inflammation, 2022 - Springer
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is a terminating enzyme in the metabolic pathway of
anaerobic glycolysis with end product of lactate from glucose. The lactate formation is crucial …

Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent and human hosts

JW Guarnieri, JM Dybas, H Fazelinia, MS Kim… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral proteins bind to host
mitochondrial proteins, likely inhibiting oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and stimulating …

[HTML][HTML] Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control

G Chen, JL Harwood, MJ Lemieux, SJ Stone… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Possible pathogenesis and prevention of long COVID: SARS-CoV-2-induced mitochondrial disorder

TH Chen, CJ Chang, PH Hung - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Patients who have recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may
experience chronic fatigue when exercising, despite no obvious heart or lung abnormalities …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus infection and cholesterol metabolism

J Dai, H Wang, Y Liao, L Tan, Y Sun, C Song… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Host cholesterol metabolism remodeling is significantly associated with the spread of human
pathogenic coronaviruses, suggesting virus-host relationships could be affected by …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic alterations upon SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential therapeutic targets against coronavirus infection

P Chen, M Wu, Y He, B Jiang, ML He - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
infection has become a global pandemic due to the high viral transmissibility and …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiological involvement of host mitochondria in SARS-CoV-2 infection that causes COVID-19: A comprehensive evidential insight

C Bhowal, S Ghosh, D Ghatak, R De - Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2023 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-strand RNA virus that infects humans through the nasopharyngeal
and oral route causing COVID-19. Scientists left no stone unturned to explore a targetable …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental models of COVID-19

LA Caldera-Crespo, MJ Paidas, S Roy… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is the most consequential pandemic of the 21st century. Since the earliest stage
of the 2019-2020 epidemic, animal models have been useful in understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted down regulation of core mitochondrial genes during SARS-CoV-2 infection

JW Guarnieri, JM Dybas, H Fazelinia, MS Kim, J Frere… - BioRxiv, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Defects in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) have been reported in COVID-
19 patients, but the timing and organs affected vary among reports. Here, we reveal the …