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Lyophilized Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) Berry Induces Browning in the Subcutaneous White Adipose Tissue and Ameliorates the Insulin Resistance in H…

2019

Maqui (Aristotelia Chilensis) berry features a unique profile of anthocyanidins that includes high amounts of delphinidin-3-O-sambubioside-5-O-glucoside and delphinidin-3-O-sambubioside and has shown positive effects on fasting glucose and insulin levels in humans and murine models of type 2 diabetes and obesity. The molecular mechanisms underlying the impact of maqui on the onset and development of the obese phenotype and insulin resistance was investigated in high fat diet-induced obese mice supplemented with a lyophilized maqui berry. Maqui-dietary supplemented animals showed better insulin response and decreased weight gain but also a differential expression of genes involved in de novo…

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Are the Myokines the Mediators of Physical Activity-Induced Health Benefits?

2016

BACKGROUND: The concept of the muscle as a secretory organ, developed during the last decades, partially answers to the issue of how the crosstalk between skeletal muscle and distant tissues happens. The beneficial effects of exercise transcend the simple improved skeletal muscle functionality: systemic responses to exercise have been observed in distal organs like heart, kidney, brain and liver. Increasing data have accumulated regarding the synthesis, the kinetics of release and the biological roles of muscular cytokines, now called myokines. The most recent techniques have meaningfully improved the identification of the muscle cell secretome, but several issues regarding the extent of se…

0301 basic medicineFGF21Physical activityMuscle ProteinsMyostatinHealth benefitsBioinformatics03 medical and health sciencesMyokineDrug DiscoveryMyokinemedicineMyocyteHumansMuscle SkeletalExercisePharmacologybiologySkeletal muscle030104 developmental biologymedicine.anatomical_structureImmunologybiology.proteinCytokinesmedicine.symptomMuscle contraction
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Elevated Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Humans with Acute Pancreatitis.

2016

Background The metabolic regulator Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) is highly expressed in the acinar pancreas, but its role in pancreatic function is obscure. It appears to play a protective role in acute experimental pancreatitis in mice. The aim of this study was to define an association between FGF21 and the course and resolution of acute pancreatitis in humans. Methods and Principal Findings Twenty five subjects with acute pancreatitis admitted from May to September 2012 to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) were analyzed. Serial serum samples were collected throughout hospitalization and analyzed for FGF21 levels by ELISA. Twenty healthy subjects sampled three times o…

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Dietary protein restriction reduces circulating VLDL triglyceride levels via CREBH-APOA5-dependent and -independent mechanisms

2018

Hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Dietary interventions based on protein restriction (PR) reduce circulating triglycerides (TGs), but underlying mechanisms and clinical relevance remain unclear. Here, we show that 1 week of a protein-free diet without enforced calorie restriction significantly lowered circulating TGs in both lean and diet-induced obese mice. Mechanistically, the TG-lowering effect of PR was due, in part, to changes in very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) metabolism both in liver and peripheral tissues. In the periphery, PR stimulated VLDL-TG consumption by increasing VLDL-bound APOA5 expression and promoting VLDL-TG hydrolysis and…

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Mistranslation Drives Alterations in Protein Levels and the Effects of a Synonymous Variant at the Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Locus.

2021

This article also appears in: Health, Medical, and Life Sciences Virtual Issue for Advanced Science.

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Fibroblast growth factor-21 enhances mitochondrial functions and increases the activity of PGC-1α in human dopaminergic neurons via Sirtuin-1

2014

Abstract Mitochondrial dysfunctions accompany several neurodegenerative disorders and contribute to disease pathogenesis among others in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) is a major regulator of mitochondrial functions and biogenesis, and was suggested as a therapeutic target in PD. PGC-1α is regulated by both transcriptional and posttranslational events involving also the action of growth factors. Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) is a regulator of glucose and fatty acid metabolism in the body but little is known about its action in the brain. We show here that FGF21 increased the levels and activity of PGC-1α and elevated mito…

FGF21educationRegulatorNicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferasePGC-1αFGF21; PGC-1α; SIRT1; Dopaminergic neurons; Mitochondria; Parkinson’s diseaseMitochondrionBioinformaticsDopaminergic neuronsSettore BIO/09 - Fisiologia03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundFGF21SIRT10302 clinical medicineDopaminergic Cell030304 developmental biologyDopaminergic neuron0303 health sciencesMultidisciplinarybiologySirtuin 1ResearchDopaminergicMitochondriaCell biologychemistryParkinson’s diseasebiology.protein3111 BiomedicineNAD+ kinase030217 neurology & neurosurgerySpringerPlus
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Effect of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on Hormones of Energy Balance in a TCDD-Sensitive and a TCDD-Resistant Rat Strain

2014

One of the hallmarks of the acute toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a drastically reduced feed intake by an unknown mechanism. To further elucidate this wasting syndrome, we followed the effects of a single large dose (100 μg/kg) of TCDD on the serum levels of several energy balance-influencing hormones, clinical chemistry variables, and hepatic aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) expression in two rat strains that differ widely in their TCDD sensitivities, for up to 10 days. TCDD affected most of the analytes in sensitive Long-Evans rats, while there were few alterations in the resistant Han/Wistar strain. However, analyses of feed-restricted unexposed Long-Evans rats i…

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Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) Protects against High Fat Diet Induced Inflammation and Islet Hyperplasia in Pancreas

2015

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is an important endocrine metabolic regulator expressed in multiple tissues including liver and adipose tissue. Although highest levels of expression are in pancreas, little is known about the function of FGF21 in this tissue. In order to understand the physiology of FGF21 in the pancreas, we analyzed its expression and regulation in both acinar and islet tissues. We found that acinar tissue express 20-fold higher levels than that observed in islets. We also observed that pancreatic FGF21 is nutritionally regulated; a marked reduction in FGF21 expression was noted with fasting while obesity is associated with 3–4 fold higher expression. Acinar and islet c…

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SARS CoV2 infection _The longevity study perspectives

2021

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Epicardial fat in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

2015

To the Editor: We recently reported that epicardial fat thickness is significantly associated with the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and that in this clinical setting, morphological and functional cardiac alterations by echocardiography are inversely related with the severity of liver damage [1]. Of note, these associations were maintained after correction for both cardiometabolic and hepatic confounders including visceral adiposity. In their letter [10], Corrao and colleagues suggest that some cytokines/adipocytokines as well as adiponectin, transforming growth factor b1, e-selectin, endothelin, and fibroblast growth factor 21 could e…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyFGF21AdiponectinHepatologybusiness.industryFatty liverAdipokineHeartDiseasemedicine.diseaseLiver diseaseEndocrinologyLiverNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseFibrosisInternal medicineNonalcoholic fatty liver diseasemedicineFemalebusinessPericardiumHumanUltrasonographyJournal of Hepatology
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