Global impacts of western diet and its effects on metabolism and health: A narrative review

VJ Clemente-Suárez, AI Beltrán-Velasco… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Western diet is a modern dietary pattern characterized by high intakes of pre-packaged
foods, refined grains, red meat, processed meat, high-sugar drinks, candy, sweets, fried …

Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus

U Galicia-Garcia, A Benito-Vicente, S Jebari… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), one of the most common metabolic disorders, is caused
by a combination of two primary factors: defective insulin secretion by pancreatic β-cells and …

Role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Z Chen, R Tian, Z She, J Cai, H Li - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most common chronic liver
disease worldwide and is strongly associated with the presence of oxidative stress …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial (dys) function and insulin resistance: from pathophysiological molecular mechanisms to the impact of diet

D Sergi, N Naumovski, LK Heilbronn… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, the
hallmark of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the cause-effect relationship remains …

Mechanisms of muscle insulin resistance and the cross‐talk with liver and adipose tissue

SC da Silva Rosa, N Nayak, AM Caymo… - Physiological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Insulin resistance is a metabolic disorder affecting multiple tissues and is a precursor event
to type 2 diabetes (T2D). As T2D affects over 425 million people globally, there is an …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in obesity

AH de Mello, AB Costa, JDG Engel, GT Rezin - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Obesity leads to various changes in the body. Among them, the existing inflammatory
process may lead to an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and …

Endogenous retroviruses promote homeostatic and inflammatory responses to the microbiota

DS Lima-Junior, SR Krishnamurthy, N Bouladoux… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The microbiota plays a fundamental role in regulating host immunity. However, the
processes involved in the initiation and regulation of immunity to the microbiota remain …

Mitofusins, from mitochondria to metabolism

E Schrepfer, L Scorrano - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Mitochondrial architecture is involved in several functions crucial for cell viability,
proliferation, senescence, and signaling. In particular, mitochondrial dynamics, through the …

CerS6-derived sphingolipids interact with Mff and promote mitochondrial fragmentation in obesity

P Hammerschmidt, D Ostkotte, H Nolte, MJ Gerl, A Jais… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Ectopic lipid deposition and altered mitochondrial dynamics contribute to the development of
obesity and insulin resistance. However, the mechanistic link between these processes …

Butyrate regulates liver mitochondrial function, efficiency, and dynamics in insulin-resistant obese mice

MP Mollica, G Mattace Raso, G Cavaliere… - Diabetes, 2017 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Fatty liver, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction are key pathophysiological
features of insulin resistance and obesity. Butyrate, produced by fermentation in the large …