Pharmacotherapy of obesity: available medications and drugs under investigation

E Pilitsi, OM Farr, SA Polyzos, N Perakakis… - Metabolism, 2019 - Elsevier
Obesity is a chronic disease with a continuously rising prevalence that currently affects more
than half a billion people worldwide. Energy balance and appetite are highly regulated via …

Adipose tissue browning in mice and humans

CT Herz, FW Kiefer - Journal of Endocrinology, 2019 - joe.bioscientifica.com
In the midst of an obesity epidemic, the promotion of brown adipose tissue (BAT) function
and the browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) have emerged as promising therapeutic …

Beyond appetite regulation: Targeting energy expenditure, fat oxidation, and lean mass preservation for sustainable weight loss

BØ Christoffersen, G Sanchez‐Delgado, LM John… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New appetite‐regulating antiobesity treatments such as semaglutide and agents under
investigation such as tirzepatide show promise in achieving weight loss of 15% or more …

Myeloid-derived growth factor alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease alleviates in a manner involving IKKβ/NF-κB signaling

Y Ding, X Xu, B Meng, L Wang, B Zhu, B Guo… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Whether bone marrow modulates systemic metabolism remains unknown. Our recent study
suggested that myeloid-derived growth factor (MYDGF) improves insulin resistance. Here …

Pharmacological support for the treatment of obesity—present and future

M Kosmalski, K Deska, B Bąk, M Różycka-Kosmalska… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a growing civilization problem, associated with a number of negative health
consequences affecting almost all tissues and organs. Currently, obesity treatment includes …

UCP1 activation: hottest target in the thermogenesis pathway to treat obesity using molecules of synthetic and natural origin

U Jagtap, A Paul - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) has been discovered as a possible target for obesity
treatment because of its widespread distribution in the inner mitochondrial membrane of …

The colorful versatility of adipocytes: white‐to‐brown transdifferentiation and its therapeutic potential in humans

S Maurer, M Harms, J Boucher - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brown and brite adipocytes contribute to energy expenditure through nonshivering
thermogenesis. Though these cell types are thought to arise primarily from the de novo …

Role of human brown fat in obesity, metabolism and cardiovascular disease: strategies to turn up the heat

JR Ruiz, B Martinez-Tellez, G Sanchez-Delgado… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Human brown adipose tissue (BAT) was re-discovered in 2009 by several independent
groups, who showed that it is present and active in adults, as judged from the profound …

Brown and brite: the fat soldiers in the anti-obesity fight

S Srivastava, RL Veech - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is proposed to maintain thermal homeostasis through
dissipation of chemical energy as heat by the uncoupling proteins (UCPs) present in their …

Aging fits the disease criteria of the international classification of diseases

D Khaltourina, Y Matveyev, A Alekseev… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2020 - Elsevier
The disease criteria used by the World Health Organization (WHO) were applied to human
biological aging in order to assess whether aging can be classified as a disease. These …