Statin intolerance–an attempt at a unified definition. Position paper from an International Lipid Expert Panel: This paper is also published in parallel in Archives of …

M Banach, M Rizzo, PP Toth, M Farnier… - Expert opinion on …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Statins are one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in clinical practice. They are usually
well tolerated and effectively prevent cardiovascular events. Most adverse effects associated …

Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians

G Grigg, J Nowack, JEPW Bicudo, NC Bal… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The whole‐body (tachymetabolic) endothermy seen in modern birds and mammals is long
held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was …

Sarcolipin is a newly identified regulator of muscle-based thermogenesis in mammals

NC Bal, SK Maurya, DH Sopariwala, SK Sahoo… - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
The role of skeletal muscle in nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) is not well understood.
Here we show that sarcolipin (Sln), a newly identified regulator of the sarco/endoplasmic …

Cellular bioenergetics as a target for obesity therapy

YH Tseng, AM Cypess, CR Kahn - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Obesity develops when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. Although most current
obesity therapies are focused on reducing calorific intake, recent data suggest that …

[PDF][PDF] Skeletal muscle thermogenesis and its role in whole body energy metabolism

M Periasamy, JL Herrera… - Diabetes & metabolism …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Obesity and diabetes has become a major epidemic across the globe. Controlling obesity
has been a challenge since this would require either increased physical activity or reduced …

Thermal facial image analyses reveal quantitative hallmarks of aging and metabolic diseases

Z Yu, Y Zhou, K Mao, B Pang, K Wang, T Jin, H Zheng… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Although human core body temperature is known to decrease with age, the age
dependency of facial temperature and its potential to indicate aging rate or aging-related …

The role of skeletal‐muscle‐based thermogenic mechanisms in vertebrate endothermy

LA Rowland, NC Bal, M Periasamy - Biological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thermogenesis is one of the most important homeostatic mechanisms that evolved during
vertebrate evolution. Despite its importance for the survival of the organism, the mechanistic …

Genetically encoded fluorescent thermosensors visualize subcellular thermoregulation in living cells

S Kiyonaka, T Kajimoto, R Sakaguchi, D Shinmi… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
In mammals and birds, thermoregulation to conserve body temperature is vital to life.
Multiple mechanisms of thermogeneration have been proposed, localized in different …

Intracellular thermometry with fluorescent sensors for thermal biology

K Okabe, R Sakaguchi, B Shi, S Kiyonaka - Pflügers Archiv-European …, 2018 - Springer
Temperature influences the activities of living organisms at various levels. Cells not only
detect environmental temperature changes through their unique temperature-sensitive …

Uncoupling of sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase pump activity by sarcolipin as the basis for muscle non-shivering thermogenesis

NC Bal, M Periasamy - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermogenesis in endotherms relies on both shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis
(NST). The role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in NST is well recognized, but the role of …