The endocrine role of brown adipose tissue: An update on actors and actions

A Gavaldà-Navarro, J Villarroya, R Cereijo… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been recognized not only as a main site of
non-shivering thermogenesis in mammals, but also as an endocrine organ. BAT secretes a …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of diets enriched in monounsaturated oleic acid on the management and prevention of obesity: a systematic review of human intervention studies

H Tutunchi, A Ostadrahimi, M Saghafi-Asl - Advances in nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of several major noncommunicable diseases,
and is an important public health concern globally. Dietary fat content is a major contributor …

Neuregulin 4 suppresses NASH-HCC development by restraining tumor-prone liver microenvironment

P Zhang, Z Chen, H Kuang, T Liu, J Zhu, L Zhou… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
The mammalian liver comprises heterogeneous cell types within its tissue microenvironment
that undergo pathophysiological reprogramming in disease states, such as non-alcoholic …

Progressive brown adipocyte dysfunction: Whitening and impaired nonshivering thermogenesis as long-term obesity complications

C Rangel-Azevedo, DA Santana-Oliveira… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic obesity damages the cytoarchitecture of brown adipose tissue (BAT), leading to
whitening of brown adipocytes and impaired thermogenesis, characterizing BAT …

[HTML][HTML] Shared biological mechanisms of depression and obesity: focus on adipokines and lipokines

X Fu, Y Wang, F Zhao, R Cui, W Xie, Q Liu… - Aging (Albany …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Depression and obesity are both common disorders currently affecting public health,
frequently occurring simultaneously within individuals, and the relationship between these …

Neuregulin 4 as a novel adipokine in energy metabolism

Y Liu, M Chen - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Adipose tissue has been shown to play a key role in energy metabolism and it has been
shown to regulate metabolic homeostasis through the secretion of adipokines. Neuregulin 4 …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive systematic review of the effects of naringenin, a citrus-derived flavonoid, on risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

F Naeini, Z Namkhah, A Ostadrahimi, H Tutunchi… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common cause of liver
dysfunction worldwide. Recently, some natural compounds have attracted growing interest …

Brown adipose tissue-derived metabolites and their role in regulating metabolism

K Ziqubu, PV Dludla, SE Mabhida, BU Jack, S Keipert… - Metabolism, 2023 - Elsevier
The discovery and rejuvenation of metabolically active brown adipose tissue (BAT) in adult
humans have offered a new approach to treating obesity and metabolic diseases. Beyond …

Oleoylethanolamide supplementation in obese patients newly diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Effects on metabolic parameters, anthropometric …

H Tutunchi, A Ostadrahimi, M Saghafi-Asl… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of oleoylethanolamide (OEA) on NAFLD are yet to be examined in human. The
objective of the present study was to examine the effects of OEA supplementation along with …

[HTML][HTML] What are the optimal cut-off points of anthropometric indices for prediction of overweight and obesity? Predictive validity of waist circumference, waist-to-hip …

H Tutunchi, M Ebrahimi-Mameghani… - Health promotion …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Planning for obesity prevention is an important global health priority. Our aim in
this study was to find the optimal cut-off points of waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hipratio …