The functional impact of mitochondrial structure across subcellular scales

B Glancy, Y Kim, P Katti, TB Willingham - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are key determinants of cellular health. However, the functional role of
mitochondria varies from cell to cell depending on the relative demands for energy …

Role of inflammatory cytokines, growth factors and adipokines in adipogenesis and insulin resistance

L Al-Mansoori, H Al-Jaber, MS Prince, MA Elrayess - Inflammation, 2022 - Springer
Obesity, manifested by increased adiposity, represents a main cause of morbidity in the
developed countries, causing increased risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes …

Mitochondrial arginase-2 is essential for IL-10 metabolic reprogramming of inflammatory macrophages

JK Dowling, R Afzal, LJ Gearing… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mitochondria are important regulators of macrophage polarisation. Here, we show that
arginase-2 (Arg2) is a microRNA-155 (miR-155) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) regulated protein …

Inflammatory signaling and brown fat activity

F Omran, M Christian - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is characterized by a state of chronic inflammation in adipose tissue mediated by the
secretion of a range of inflammatory cytokines. In comparison to WAT, relatively little is …

Adipogenesis: a necessary but harmful strategy

ME Hafidi, M Buelna-Chontal… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity is considered to significantly increase the risk of the development of a vast range of
metabolic diseases. However, adipogenesis is a complex physiological process, necessary …

Defining mitochondrial cristae morphology changes induced by aging in brown adipose tissue

A Crabtree, K Neikirk, AG Marshall, L Vang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are required for energy production and even give brown adipose tissue (BAT)
its characteristic color due to their high iron content and abundance. The physiological …

Regulation of mitochondrial temperature in health and disease

Z El-Gammal, MA Nasr, AO Elmehrath… - … -European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Mitochondrial temperature is produced by various metabolic processes inside the
mitochondria, particularly oxidative phosphorylation. It was recently reported that …

Combined training increases thermogenic fat activity in patients with overweight and type 2 diabetes

ILP Bonfante, M Monfort-Pires, RG Duft… - International Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Exercise is an important strategy in the management of diabetes. Experimental
studies have shown that exercise acts, at least in part, by inducing the production of …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity-induced chronic low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue: a pathway to Alzheimer's disease

Z Weijie, Z Meng, W Chunxiao, M Lingjie… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a leading cause of cognitive impairment worldwide. Overweight
and obesity are strongly associated with comorbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes, and …

Brown adipose TRX2 deficiency activates mtDNA-NLRP3 to impair thermogenesis and protect against diet-induced insulin resistance

Y Huang, JH Zhou, H Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a crucial heat-generating organ, regulates whole-body energy
metabolism by mediating thermogenesis. BAT inflammation is implicated in the …