The importance of breast adipose tissue in breast cancer

C Kothari, C Diorio, F Durocher - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adipose tissue is a complex endocrine organ, with a role in obesity and cancer. Adipose
tissue is generally linked to excessive body fat, and it is well known that the female breast is …

Fat and beyond: the diverse biology of PPARγ

P Tontonoz, BM Spiegelman - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
The nuclear receptor PPARγ is a ligand-activated transcription factor that plays an important
role in the control of gene expression linked to a variety of physiological processes. PPARγ …

The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in carcinogenesis and chemoprevention

JM Peters, YM Shah, FJ Gonzalez - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription
factors that are involved in regulating glucose and lipid homeostasis, inflammation …

Pparg signaling controls bladder cancer subtype and immune exclusion

T Tate, T Xiang, SE Wobker, M Zhou, X Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pparg, a nuclear receptor, is downregulated in basal subtype bladder cancers that tend to
be muscle invasive and amplified in luminal subtype bladder cancers that tend to be non …

Diabetes mellitus and breast cancer

I Wolf, S Sadetzki, R Catane, A Karasik… - The lancet …, 2005 - thelancet.com
Type 2 diabetes is a serious health problem that affects more than 7% of adults in developed
countries. Up to 16% of patients with breast cancer have diabetes, and two major risk factors …

Differentiation therapy of leukemia: 3 decades of development

D Nowak, D Stewart, HP Koeffler - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
A characteristic feature of leukemia cells is a blockade of differentiation at a distinct stage in
cellular maturation. In the 1970s and 1980s, studies demonstrating the capabilities of certain …

Potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cervical cancer: Insights from the meta-analysis of transcriptomics data within network biomedicine perspective

M Kori, K Yalcin Arga - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The malignant neoplasm of the cervix, cervical cancer, has effects on the reproductive tract.
Although infection with oncogenic human papillomavirus is essential for cervical cancer …

PPARγ activation in adipocytes is sufficient for systemic insulin sensitization

S Sugii, P Olson, DD Sears, M Saberi… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Although peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonists such as
thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, how its activation in …

PGC1β mediates PPARγ activation of osteoclastogenesis and rosiglitazone-induced bone loss

W Wei, X Wang, M Yang, LC Smith, PC Dechow… - Cell metabolism, 2010 - cell.com
Long-term usage of rosiglitazone, a synthetic PPARγ agonist, increases fracture rates
among diabetic patients. PPARγ suppresses osteoblastogenesis while activating …

A role for central nervous system PPAR-γ in the regulation of energy balance

KK Ryan, B Li, BE Grayson, EK Matter, SC Woods… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
The peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) is a nuclear receptor that is
activated by lipids to induce the expression of genes involved in lipid and glucose …