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The spleen: a hub connecting nervous and immune systems in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases [PDF]

, 2017
Metabolic disorders have been identified as major health problems affecting a large portion of the world population. In addition, obesity and insulin resistance are principal risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases.
Carnevale, Daniela, Lembo, Giuseppe, Lori, Andrea, Perrotta, Marialuisa   +3 more
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Relationship Between Circulating Metabolic Hormones and Their Central Receptors During Ovariectomy-Induced Weight Gain in Rats

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Although increasing research focuses on the phenomenon of body weight gain in women after menopause, the complexity of body weight regulation and the array of models used to investigate it has proven to be challenging.
Kaitlin E. Burch, Kelly McCracken, Daniel J. Buck, Randall L. Davis, Dusti K. Sloan, Kathleen S. Curtis   +5 more
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Monitoring leptin activity using the chicken leptin receptor [PDF]

Journal of Endocrinology, 2008
We report on the construction of a leptin bioassay based on the activation of chicken leptin receptor in cultured cells. A human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cell line, stably transfected with the full-length cDNA of chicken leptin receptor together with a STAT3-responsive reporter gene specifically responded to recombinant human and Xenopus leptins. The
Gideon, Hen, Sera, Yosefi, Ana, Ronin, Paz, Einat, Charles I, Rosenblum, Robert J, Denver, Miriam, Friedman-Einat   +6 more
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TNF receptor–related factor 3 inactivation promotes the development of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma through NF‐κB‐inducing kinase–mediated hepatocyte transdifferentiation

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Background and Aims Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a deadly but poorly understood disease, and its treatment options are very limited. The aim of this study was to identify the molecular drivers of ICC and search for therapeutic targets.
Yuto Shiode, Takahiro Kodama, Satoshi Shigeno, Kazuhiro Murai, Satoshi Tanaka, Justin Y. Newberg, Jumpei Kondo, Shogo Kobayashi, Ryoko Yamada, Hayato Hikita, Ryotaro Sakamori, Hiroshi Suemizu, Tomohide Tatsumi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Nancy A. Jenkins, Neal G. Copeland, Tetsuo Takehara   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alamandine and Its Receptor MrgD Pair Up to Join the Protective Arm of the Renin-Angiotensin System [PDF]

, 2019
Only a few years ago, alamandine was found to be a member of the protective arm of the renin-angiotensin system. It turned out to be an endogenous ligand of the G protein-coupled receptor MrgD.
Schleifenbaum, Johanna
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Lipocalin‐2 activates hepatic stellate cells and promotes nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in high‐fat diet–fed Ob/Ob mice

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Graphical summary of obesity‐induced NASH progression by LCN2 targeted to HSC activation. Abstract Background and Aims In obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, leptin promotes insulin resistance and contributes to the progression of NASH via activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs).
Kyung Eun Kim, Jaewoong Lee, Hyun Joo Shin, Eun Ae Jeong, Hye Min Jang, Yu Jeong Ahn, Hyeong Seok An, Jong Youl Lee, Meong Cheol Shin, Soo Kyoung Kim, Won Gi Yoo, Won Ho Kim, Gu Seob Roh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Absence of functional leptin receptor isoforms in the POUND (Lepr(db/lb)) mouse is associated with muscle atrophy and altered myoblast proliferation and differentiation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Leptin receptors are abundant in human skeletal muscle, but the role of leptin in muscle growth, development and aging is not well understood. Here we utilized a novel mouse model lacking all functional leptin receptor isoforms (POUND mouse, Lepr(db/lb))
Phonepasong Arounleut, Matthew Bowser, Sunil Upadhyay, Xing-Ming Shi, Sadanand Fulzele, Maribeth H Johnson, Alexis M Stranahan, William D Hill, Carlos M Isales, Mark W Hamrick   +9 more
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Circulating TREM2 as a noninvasive diagnostic biomarker for NASH in patients with elevated liver stiffness

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Background and Aims Reliable noninvasive biomarkers are an unmet clinical need for the diagnosis of NASH. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the circulating triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (plasma TREM2) as a biomarker for NASH in patients with NAFLD and elevated liver stiffness.
Vineesh Indira Chandran, Charlotte Wilhelmina Wernberg, Mette Munk Lauridsen, Maria Kløjgaard Skytthe, Sofie Marchsteiner Bendixen, Frederik Tibert Larsen, Camilla Dalby Hansen, Lea Ladegaard Grønkjær, Majken Storm Siersbæk, Tina Di Caterino, Sönke Detlefsen, Holger Jon Møller, Lars Grøntved, Kim Ravnskjaer, Søren Kragh Moestrup, Maja Sofie Thiele, Aleksander Krag, Jonas Heilskov Graversen   +17 more
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Leptin Suppresses Glutamate-Induced Apoptosis Through Regulation of ERK1/2 Signaling Pathways in Rat Primary Astrocytes

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2017
Background/Aims: Leptin is a hormone expressed by adipose tissue that regulates body energy homeostasis and weight loss by activating leptin receptors in the hypothalamus. Leptin receptors are also expressed in astrocytes.
Hyunju Park, So-Hee Ahn, Yieun Jung, Joo Chun Yoon, Youn-Hee Choi   +4 more
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Hedgehog Pathway Activation Alters Ciliary Signaling in Primary Hypothalamic Cultures [PDF]

, 2019
Primary cilia dysfunction has been associated with hyperphagia and obesity in both ciliopathy patients and mouse models of cilia perturbation. Neurons throughout the brain possess these solitary cellular appendages, including in the feeding centers of ...
Antonellis, Patrick J., Bansal, Ruchi, Baucum, Anthony J., Berbari, Nicolas F., Cummins, Theodore R., Engle, Staci E., Reiter, Jeremy F., Whitehouse, Logan S.   +7 more
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