Inside the β cell: molecular stress response pathways in diabetes pathogenesis

A Kulkarni, C Muralidharan, SC May, SA Tersey… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The pathogeneses of the 2 major forms of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, differ with respect to
their major molecular insults (loss of immune tolerance and onset of tissue insulin …

Arginase: biological and therapeutic implications in diabetes mellitus and its complications

Y Ren, Z Li, W Li, X Fan, F Han, Y Huang… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Arginase is a ubiquitous enzyme in the urea cycle (UC) that hydrolyzes L‐arginine to urea
and L‐ornithine. Two mammalian arginase isoforms, arginase1 (ARG1) and arginase2 …

Topical reappraisal of molecular pharmacological approaches to endothelial dysfunction in diabetes mellitus angiopathy

C Munteanu, M Rotariu, MA Turnea… - Current Issues in …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a frequent medical problem, affecting more than 4% of the
population in most countries. In the context of diabetes, the vascular endothelium can play a …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis preserves β cell function in type 1 diabetes

EK Sims, A Kulkarni, A Hull, SE Woerner, S Cabrera… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
In preclinical models, α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)
inhibitor, delays the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D) by reducing β cell stress. However, the …

Age-Related Gut Microbiota Transplantation Disrupts Myocardial Energy Homeostasis and Induces Oxidative Damage

H Xu, O Li, D Kim, F Yang, Z Bao - The Journal of Nutrition, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Aging-related energy homeostasis significantly affects normal heart function
and disease development. The relationship between the gut microbiota and host energy …

Serum metabolomics reveals a potential benefit of methionine in type 1 diabetes patients with poor glycemic control and high glycemic variability

L Zhang, K Guo, Q Tian, J Ye, Z Ding, Q Zhou, X Li… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glycemic variability (GV) in some patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains
heterogeneous despite comparable clinical indicators, and whether other factors are …

[PDF][PDF] Silis, teanu, SC; Ionescu, EV; Firan, FC; Ionescu, AM; et al. Topical Reappraisal of Molecular Pharmacological Approaches to Endothelial Dysfunction in …

C Munteanu, M Rotariu, MA Turnea… - Curr. Issues Mol …, 2022 - academia.edu
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a frequent medical problem, affecting more than 4% of the
population in most countries. In the context of diabetes, the vascular endothelium can play a …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the action of the pharmaceutical metformin: Targeted inhibition of the gut microbial enzyme agmatinase

LJ Tassoulas, LP Wackett - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Metformin is the first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, yet its mechanism of action is not fully
understood. Recent studies suggest metformin's interactions with gut microbiota are …

[HTML][HTML] Transglutaminase 2 in diabetes mellitus: Unraveling its multifaceted role and therapeutic implications for vascular complications

KS Ha - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetes, a severe metabolic disease characterized by chronic hypoglycemia, poses
debilitating and life-threatening risks of microvascular and macrovascular complications …

Identification and characterization of novel small-molecule SMOX inhibitors

AB Furbish, AS Alford, P Burger, YK Peterson… - Medical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The major intracellular polyamines spermine and spermidine are abundant and ubiquitous
compounds that are essential for cellular growth and development. Spermine catabolism is …