Obesity I: Overview and molecular and biochemical mechanisms

RH Lustig, D Collier, C Kassotis, TA Roepke… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing condition characterized by excess body fat. Its prevalence
has increased globally since the 1970s, and the number of obese and overweight people is …

High-density lipoproteins and cerebrovascular integrity in Alzheimer's disease

S Stukas, J Robert, CL Wellington - Cell metabolism, 2014 - cell.com
Cerebrovascular dysfunction significantly contributes to the clinical presentation and
pathoetiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Deposition and aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ) …

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept trial of bexarotene in moderate Alzheimer's disease

JL Cummings, K Zhong, JW Kinney, C Heaney… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2016 - Springer
Background We assessed the impact of retinoid X receptor (RXR) agonist bexarotene on
brain amyloid measured by amyloid imaging in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a …

Clearing amyloid-β through PPAR γ/ApoE activation by genistein is a treatment of experimental Alzheimer's disease

V Bonet-Costa, V Herranz-Perez… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Amyloid-(A) clearance from brain, which is decreased in Alzheimer's disease, is facilitated
by apolipoprotein E (ApoE). ApoE is upregulated by activation of the retinoid X receptor …

Structural Fusion of Natural and Synthetic Ligand Features Boosts RXR Agonist Potency

G Adouvi, F Nawa, M Ballarotto… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The retinoid X receptors (RXRs) are ligand-activated transcription factors involved in, for
example, differentiation and apoptosis regulation. Currently used reference RXR agonists …

Amyloid-β pathology and APOE genotype modulate retinoid X receptor agonist activity in vivo

LM Tai, KP Koster, J Luo, SH Lee, Y Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Previous data demonstrate that bexarotene (Bex), retinoid X receptor (RXR) agonist,
reduces soluble and insoluble amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease (AD)-transgenic mice …

UK consensus statement on safe clinical prescribing of bexarotene for patients with cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma

JJ Scarisbrick, S Morris, R Azurdia… - British Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Bexarotene is a synthetic retinoid from the subclass of retinoids called rexinoids
which selectively activate retinoid X receptors. It has activity in cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma …

Endocrine-mediated mechanisms of metabolic disruption and new approaches to examine the public health threat

CD Kassotis, HM Stapleton - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Obesity and metabolic disorders are of great societal concern and generate substantial
human health care costs globally. Interventions have resulted in only minimal impacts on …

The BCR-ABL1 inhibitors imatinib and ponatinib decrease plasma cholesterol and atherosclerosis, and nilotinib and ponatinib activate coagulation in a translational …

MG Pouwer, EJ Pieterman, L Verschuren… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Treatment with the second and third generation BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)
increases cardiovascular risk in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. We investigated …

Rational Design of a New RXR Agonist Scaffold Enabling Single-Subtype Preference for RXRα, RXRβ, and RXRγ

G Adouvi, L Isigkeit, U Lopez-Garcia… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The three retinoid X receptor subtypes (RXRα, RXRβ, RXRγ) exhibit critical regulatory roles
in cell proliferation and differentiation, metabolism, and inflammation. Due to their …