Overview of growth differentiation factor 15 in metabolic syndrome

M Asrih, S Wei, TT Nguyen, HS Yi… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Growth and differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a member of the transforming growth factor‐β
(TGF‐β) superfamily. GDF15 has been linked with several metabolic syndrome pathologies …

Knocking on GDF15's door for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

D Aguilar-Recarte, E Barroso, X Palomer… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2022 - cell.com
Although a large number of drugs are available for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM), many patients do not achieve adequate disease control despite adhering to …

Regulation of age-associated insulin resistance by MT1-MMP-mediated cleavage of insulin receptor

X Guo, P Asthana, S Gurung, S Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Insulin sensitivity progressively declines with age. Currently, the mechanism underlying age-
associated insulin resistance remains unknown. Here, we identify membrane-bound matrix …

Control of SARS-CoV-2 infection by MT1-MMP-mediated shedding of ACE2

X Guo, J Cao, JP Cai, J Wu, J Huang, P Asthana… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global
pandemic. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 …

Growth differentiation factor 15 regulates oxidative stress-dependent ferroptosis post spinal cord injury by stabilizing the p62-Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway

M Xia, Q Zhang, Y Zhang, R Li, T Zhao… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe traumatic disorder of the central nervous
system (CNS) that causes irreversible damage to the nervous tissue. The consequent …

Artesunate treats obesity in male mice and non-human primates through GDF15/GFRAL signalling axis

X Guo, P Asthana, L Zhai, KW Cheng, S Gurung… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Obesity, a global health challenge, is a major risk factor for multiple life-threatening
diseases, including diabetes, fatty liver, and cancer. There is an ongoing need to identify …

Striking a gut–liver balance for the antidiabetic effects of metformin

E Barroso, M Montori-Grau, W Wahli, X Palomer… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Metformin is the most prescribed drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM),
but its mechanism of action has not yet been completely elucidated. Classically, the liver has …

[HTML][HTML] GDF15 activates AMPK and inhibits gluconeogenesis and fibrosis in the liver by attenuating the TGF-β1/SMAD3 pathway

J Jurado-Aguilar, E Barroso, M Bernard, M Zhang… - Metabolism, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The levels of the cellular energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)
have been reported to be decreased via unknown mechanisms in the liver of mice deficient …

Emerging roles of growth differentiation factor 15 in immunoregulation and pathogenesis

J Reyes, GS Yap - The Journal of Immunology, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Abstract Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is a cytokine that is widely used as a
biomarker for the severity of diverse disease states. It also has been shown to play a …

GDF15 analogs as obesity therapeutics

SN Breit, DA Brown, VWW Tsai - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
GDF15 analogs as obesity therapeutics Page 1 Previews GDF15 analogs as obesity
therapeutics Samuel N. Breit,1,* David A. Brown,2 and Vicky Wang Wei Tsai1 1St. Vincent’s …