Autophagy in major human diseases

DJ Klionsky, G Petroni, RK Amaravadi… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Autophagy is a core molecular pathway for the preservation of cellular and organismal
homeostasis. Pharmacological and genetic interventions impairing autophagy responses …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanisms and disease consequences of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

R Loomba, SL Friedman, GI Shulman - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading chronic liver disease worldwide. Its
more advanced subtype, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), connotes progressive liver …

Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

A Mahajan, CN Spracklen, W Zhang, MCY Ng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We assembled an ancestrally diverse collection of genome-wide association studies
(GWAS) of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls …

Benefits and limitations of genome-wide association studies

V Tam, N Patel, M Turcotte, Y Bossé, G Paré… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involve testing genetic variants across the
genomes of many individuals to identify genotype–phenotype associations. GWAS have …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of insulin action and insulin resistance

MC Petersen, GI Shulman - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The 1921 discovery of insulin was a Big Bang from which a vast and expanding universe of
research into insulin action and resistance has issued. In the intervening century, some …

Pharmacotherapy of type 2 diabetes: An update and future directions

A DeMarsilis, N Reddy, C Boutari, A Filippaios… - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a widely prevalent disease with substantial economic and
social impact for which multiple conventional and novel pharmacotherapies are currently …

[PDF][PDF] Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as a nexus of metabolic and hepatic diseases

VT Samuel, GI Shulman - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
NAFLD is closely linked with hepatic insulin resistance. Accumulation of hepatic
diacylglycerol activates PKC-ε, impairing insulin receptor activation and insulin-stimulated …

Monocarboxylate transporters (SLC16): function, regulation, and role in health and disease

MA Felmlee, RS Jones, V Rodriguez-Cruz… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - ASPET
The solute carrier family 16 (SLC16) is comprised of 14 members of the monocarboxylate
transporter (MCT) family that play an essential role in the transport of important cell nutrients …

Genetic risk scores for diabetes diagnosis and precision medicine

MS Udler, MI McCarthy, JC Florez… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
During the last decade, there have been substantial advances in the identification and
characterization of DNA sequence variants associated with individual predisposition to type …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning SNP based prediction for precision medicine

DSW Ho, W Schierding, M Wake, R Saffery… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the past decade, precision genomics based medicine has emerged to provide tailored
and effective healthcare for patients depending upon their genetic features. Genome Wide …