More than one-third of the worldwide population is overweight or obese and therefore at risk
of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. In order to mitigate this pandemic, safer and more …

Historically, pancreatic islet beta cells have been viewed as principal regulators of glycemia,
with type 2 diabetes (T2D) resulting when insulin secretion fails to compensate for …

The chronic intake of fructose has been linked to insulin resistance, obesity, dyslipidemia
and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which in turn, may progress to nonalcoholic …

The maternal liver is challenged by metabolic demands throughout pregnancy. However,
hepatocyte dynamics and their physiological significance in pregnancy remain unclear …

Fructose is an increasingly common constituent of the Westernized diet due to cost and
production efficiencies. Although an integral component of our pre‐industrial revolution diet …

The glucokinase (GK) enzyme (EC 2.7. 1.1.) is essential for the use of dietary glucose
because it is the first enzyme to phosphorylate glucose in excess in different key tissues …

Gynecological diseases are a series of diseases caused by abnormalities in the female
reproductive organs or breast, which endanger women's fertility and even their lives …

Background Maternal dietary choices throughout preconception, pregnancy, and lactation
irreversibly affect the development of fetal tissues and organs, known as fetal programming …

Worldwide, the number of people with diabetes has quadrupled since 1980 reaching 422
million in 2014 (World Health Organization). This distressing rise in diabetes also affects …

Maternal exposure to zearalenone (ZEA), a mycotoxin, can impact fetal liver development.
This study investigated the protective effects of carvacrol (CRV) against ZEA-induced fetal …