Molecular Metabolism

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Metabolism is 16. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
GLP-1 receptor agonists in the treatment of type 2 diabetes – state-of-the-art700
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and lipoprotein metabolism266
Dysregulated lipid metabolism links NAFLD to cardiovascular disease265
GLP-1 physiology informs the pharmacotherapy of obesity180
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) from pathogenesis to treatment concepts in humans178
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor co-agonists for treating metabolic disease171
A guide to understanding endoplasmic reticulum stress in metabolic disorders169
Insulin action, type 2 diabetes, and branched-chain amino acids: A two-way street154
Role of NAD+ in regulating cellular and metabolic signaling pathways149
The melanocortin pathway and energy homeostasis: From discovery to obesity therapy132
Insulin-like growth factors: Ligands, binding proteins, and receptors128
Insulin action at a molecular level – 100 years of progress123
Hepatic lipid droplets: A balancing act between energy storage and metabolic dysfunction in NAFLD122
Hepatokines and metabolism: Deciphering communication from the liver120
Imaging biomarkers of NAFLD, NASH, and fibrosis112
Metabolic drivers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease110
The brain as an insulin-sensitive metabolic organ101
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in cell metabolism: Roles and mechanisms beyond gluconeogenesis96
Genetic and epigenetic factors determining NAFLD risk88
CD36 promotes de novo lipogenesis in hepatocytes through INSIG2-dependent SREBP1 processing87
GLP-1 improves the supportive ability of astrocytes to neurons by promoting aerobic glycolysis in Alzheimer's disease79
Glucagon acutely regulates hepatic amino acid catabolism and the effect may be disturbed by steatosis75
Single-cell transcriptomics of human islet ontogeny defines the molecular basis of β-cell dedifferentiation in T2D74
Targeting the GIPR for obesity: To agonize or antagonize? Potential mechanisms73
Ferroptosis and ferritinophagy in diabetes complications73
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase: At the crossroads between cellular metabolism and epigenetic regulation71
Understanding insulin and its receptor from their three-dimensional structures68
Overexpression of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy66
Exploring the therapeutic potential of mitochondrial uncouplers in cancer64
Chronic inflammation and the hallmarks of aging64
Sodium-glucose co-transporter2 expression and inflammatory activity in diabetic atherosclerotic plaques: Effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter2 inhibitor treatment63
Next generation GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple agonists normalize body weight in obese mice63
Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates adipose tissue lipogenesis and adipocyte-specific loss is rigorously defended by neighboring stromal-vascular cells62
Mitochondrial oxidative function in NAFLD: Friend or foe?61
Infusion of donor feces affects the gut–brain axis in humans with metabolic syndrome59
Role and mechanism of ferroptosis in neurological diseases58
Therapeutic potential of mitochondrial uncouplers for the treatment of metabolic associated fatty liver disease and NASH56
Iron aggravates hepatic insulin resistance in the absence of inflammation in a novel db/db mouse model with iron overload56
Impacts of essential amino acids on energy balance54
BI 456906: Discovery and preclinical pharmacology of a novel GCGR/GLP-1R dual agonist with robust anti-obesity efficacy51
FGF19 and FGF21: In NASH we trust51
Spatiotemporal GLP-1 and GIP receptor signaling and trafficking/recycling dynamics induced by selected receptor mono- and dual-agonists49
Sperm histone H3 lysine 4 tri-methylation serves as a metabolic sensor of paternal obesity and is associated with the inheritance of metabolic dysfunction48
A survey of the mouse hindbrain in the fed and fasted states using single-nucleus RNA sequencing47
LEAP2 deletion in mice enhances ghrelin's actions as an orexigen and growth hormone secretagogue46
Pharmacologic inhibition of ketohexokinase prevents fructose-induced metabolic dysfunction46
Maternal obesity causes fetal hypothalamic insulin resistance and disrupts development of hypothalamic feeding pathways45
Loss of UCP1 function augments recruitment of futile lipid cycling for thermogenesis in murine brown fat44
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis: State of the art on effective therapeutics based on the gold standard method for diagnosis43
Exercise of high intensity ameliorates hepatic inflammation and the progression of NASH43
Organelle transporters and inter-organelle communication as drivers of metabolic regulation and cellular homeostasis43
MicroRNAs in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Progress and perspectives43
LKB1 deficiency-induced metabolic reprogramming in tumorigenesis and non-neoplastic diseases43
Hmgcs2-mediated ketogenesis modulates high-fat diet-induced hepatosteatosis42
LDLR inhibition promotes hepatocellular carcinoma proliferation and metastasis by elevating intracellular cholesterol synthesis through the MEK/ERK signaling pathway42
Vagal neuron expression of the microbiota-derived metabolite receptor, free fatty acid receptor (FFAR3), is necessary for normal feeding behavior42
Dopamine D2 receptor agonist, bromocriptine, remodels adipose tissue dopaminergic signalling and upregulates catabolic pathways, improving metabolic profile in type 2 diabetes41
Hepatocyte miR-34a is a key regulator in the development and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease41
Testosterone metabolites differentially regulate obesogenesis and fat distribution40
Hypoxia-inducible lipid droplet-associated induces DGAT1 and promotes lipid storage in hepatocytes39
Insulin's actions on vascular tissues: Physiological effects and pathophysiological contributions to vascular complications of diabetes38
Update on the effects of energy metabolism in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells differentiation38
Hepatic FTO is dispensable for the regulation of metabolism but counteracts HCC development in vivo37
Nampt controls skeletal muscle development by maintaining Ca2+ homeostasis and mitochondrial integrity37
Exercise mitigates sleep-loss-induced changes in glucose tolerance, mitochondrial function, sarcoplasmic protein synthesis, and diurnal rhythms37
Extracellular serine and glycine are required for mouse and human skeletal muscle stem and progenitor cell function37
CD81 marks immature and dedifferentiated pancreatic β-cells36
Comparative analysis of oral and intraperitoneal glucose tolerance tests in mice36
An accomplice more than a mere victim: The impact of β-cell ER stress on type 1 diabetes pathogenesis35
Skeletal muscle undergoes fiber type metabolic switch without myosin heavy chain switch in response to defective fatty acid oxidation35
The hepatocyte IKK:NF-κB axis promotes liver steatosis by stimulating de novo lipogenesis and cholesterol synthesis35
Cardiovascular protection by SGLT2 inhibitors – Do anti-inflammatory mechanisms play a role?35
Serum amyloid A1 exacerbates hepatic steatosis via TLR4-mediated NF-κB signaling pathway35
Challenges in tackling energy expenditure as obesity therapy: From preclinical models to clinical application35
Insulin resistance is mechanistically linked to hepatic mitochondrial remodeling in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease35
Microbiota and body weight control: Weight watchers within?34
Exposure to low-dose perfluorooctanoic acid promotes hepatic steatosis and disrupts the hepatic transcriptome in mice34
Anorectic and aversive effects of GLP-1 receptor agonism are mediated by brainstem cholecystokinin neurons, and modulated by GIP receptor activation34
Tirzepatide induces a thermogenic-like amino acid signature in brown adipose tissue34
The gut–brain axis: Identifying new therapeutic approaches for type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related disorders34
Purification of pancreatic endocrine subsets reveals increased iron metabolism in beta cells33
Mitochondrial function in intestinal epithelium homeostasis and modulation in diet-induced obesity33
p21 induces a senescence program and skeletal muscle dysfunction33
Reappraisal of the optimal fasting time for insulin tolerance tests in mice33
RNA m6A reader IMP2/IGF2BP2 promotes pancreatic β-cell proliferation and insulin secretion by enhancing PDX1 expression32
Whole-brain activation signatures of weight-lowering drugs32
Glucose-induced insulin secretion in isolated human islets: Does it truly reflect β-cell function in vivo?32
Growth differentiation factor 15 as a potential therapeutic for treating obesity32
Ovarian cancer modulates the immunosuppressive function of CD11b+Gr1+ myeloid cells via glutamine metabolism32
Active integrins regulate white adipose tissue insulin sensitivity and brown fat thermogenesis31
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) regulation of metabolic homeostasis: An old dog teaches us new tricks31
Liver-specific Prkn knockout mice are more susceptible to diet-induced hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance31
Review: Glucose-sensitive insulin31
Time and metabolic state-dependent effects of GLP-1R agonists on NPY/AgRP and POMC neuronal activity in vivo30
Dpp4+ interstitial progenitor cells contribute to basal and high fat diet-induced adipogenesis30
ATF4-mediated transcriptional regulation protects against β-cell loss during endoplasmic reticulum stress in a mouse model30
Metformin-induced reductions in tumor growth involves modulation of the gut microbiome30
Gut microbiota impairs insulin clearance in obese mice30
Nuclear receptors and transcriptional regulation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease29
A novel lncRNA RP11-386G11.10 reprograms lipid metabolism to promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression29
Ceramides are necessary and sufficient for diet-induced impairment of thermogenic adipocytes29
Early induction of hepatic deiodinase type 1 inhibits hepatosteatosis during NAFLD progression29
Toward modeling metabolic state from single-cell transcriptomics29
SGLT2 is not expressed in pancreatic α- and β-cells, and its inhibition does not directly affect glucagon and insulin secretion in rodents and humans29
Reversal of diet-induced hepatic steatosis by peripheral CB1 receptor blockade in mice is p53/miRNA-22/SIRT1/PPARα dependent29
Increased glycolysis affects β-cell function and identity in aging and diabetes28
Genetic activation of α-cell glucokinase in mice causes enhanced glucose-suppression of glucagon secretion during normal and diabetic states28
Serum integrative omics reveals the landscape of human diabetic kidney disease28
New dawn for cancer cell death: Emerging role of lipid metabolism28
Neddylation inhibition ameliorates steatosis in NAFLD by boosting hepatic fatty acid oxidation via the DEPTOR-mTOR axis28
Peroxisomal regulation of energy homeostasis: Effect on obesity and related metabolic disorders27
Novel noncoding RNA CircPTK2 regulates lipolysis and adipogenesis in cachexia27
Aster-B coordinates with Arf1 to regulate mitochondrial cholesterol transport27
Glucocorticoids coordinate macrophage metabolism through the regulation of the tricarboxylic acid cycle27
Adipose tissue macrophages: Regulators of adipose tissue immunometabolism during obesity27
Stress kinases in the development of liver steatosis and hepatocellular carcinoma27
Suppression of insulin-induced gene 1 (INSIG1) function promotes hepatic lipid remodelling and restrains NASH progression27
“A LEAP 2 conclusions? Targeting the ghrelin system to treat obesity and diabetes”27
P2Y2R contributes to the development of diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting autophagy response27
Extensive NEUROG3 occupancy in the human pancreatic endocrine gene regulatory network26
LANCL1 binds abscisic acid and stimulates glucose transport and mitochondrial respiration in muscle cells via the AMPK/PGC-1α/Sirt1 pathway26
Day-night rhythm of skeletal muscle metabolism is disturbed in older, metabolically compromised individuals26
Regulation of inflammation in diabetes: From genetics to epigenomics evidence26
β-catenin regulates muscle glucose transport via actin remodelling and M-cadherin binding26
Tryptophan metabolism is a physiological integrator regulating circadian rhythms26
Mono and dual agonists of the amylin, calcitonin, and CGRP receptors and their potential in metabolic diseases26
Regulation of body weight: Lessons learned from bariatric surgery25
17β-estradiol promotes acute refeeding in hungry mice via membrane-initiated ERα signaling25
Multiple metabolic pathways fuel the truncated tricarboxylic acid cycle of the prostate to sustain constant citrate production and secretion25
Nutrient sensing in the nucleus of the solitary tract mediates non-aversive suppression of feeding via inhibition of AgRP neurons25
Prolonged fasting drives a program of metabolic inflammation in human adipose tissue25
Nox4 mediates skeletal muscle metabolic responses to exercise25
The role of exercise-induced peripheral factors in sleep regulation25
The mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 in liver is required to mitigate NASH and prevents the activation of the mitochondrial ISR25
Adipocytes fail to maintain cellular identity during obesity due to reduced PPARγ activity and elevated TGFβ-SMAD signaling25
Free fatty acid receptor 4 inhibitory signaling in delta cells regulates islet hormone secretion in mice25
Neuroanatomical organization and functional roles of PVN MC4R pathways in physiological and behavioral regulations24
Genetic loss of AMPK-glycogen binding destabilises AMPK and disrupts metabolism24
Adaptive thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue involves activation of pannexin-1 channels24
Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 2 (RAMP2) alters glucagon receptor trafficking in hepatocytes with functional effects on receptor signalling24
In celebration of a century with insulin – Update of insulin gene mutations in diabetes24
NFE2L1-mediated proteasome function protects from ferroptosis24
Adipocyte CAMK2 deficiency improves obesity-associated glucose intolerance24
Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier inhibition initiates metabolic crosstalk to stimulate branched chain amino acid catabolism24
Specific amino acid supplementation rescues the heart from lipid overload-induced insulin resistance and contractile dysfunction by targeting the endosomal mTOR–v-ATPase axis23
Discovery of a potent GIPR peptide antagonist that is effective in rodent and human systems23
Ablation of glucokinase-expressing tanycytes impacts energy balance and increases adiposity in mice23
Muscle NAD+ depletion and Serpina3n as molecular determinants of murine cancer cachexia—the effects of blocking myostatin and activins23
Metabolic remodeling of dystrophic skeletal muscle reveals biological roles for dystrophin and utrophin in adaptation and plasticity23
Loss of mitochondrial aconitase promotes colorectal cancer progression via SCD1-mediated lipid remodeling23
URAT1-selective inhibition ameliorates insulin resistance by attenuating diet-induced hepatic steatosis and brown adipose tissue whitening in mice23
The effects of housing density on mouse thermal physiology depend on sex and ambient temperature23
Disrupting the ghrelin-growth hormone axis limits ghrelin's orexigenic but not glucoregulatory actions23
A transcriptional cross species map of pancreatic islet cells22
Brown adipocyte-specific knockout of Bmal1 causes mild but significant thermogenesis impairment in mice22
Ketogenic diet administration to mice after a high-fat-diet regimen promotes weight loss, glycemic normalization and induces adaptations of ketogenic pathways in liver and kidney22
Lactate activation of α-cell KATP channels inhibits glucagon secretion by hyperpolarizing the membrane potential and reducing Ca2+ entry22
Glucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor Tie2+ cells are essential for the cardioprotective actions of liraglutide in mice with experimental myocardial infarction22
Daily running enhances molecular and physiological circadian rhythms in skeletal muscle22
Emerging diabetes therapies: Bringing back the β-cells22
Targeting cellular senescence in metabolic disease22
Sex differences in islet stress responses support female β cell resilience22
What is a β cell? – Chapter I in the Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) review series21
FGF15/19 is required for adipose tissue plasticity in response to thermogenic adaptations21
GLP-1 and hunger modulate incentive motivation depending on insulin sensitivity in humans21
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass contributes to weight loss-independent improvement in hypothalamic inflammation and leptin sensitivity through gut-microglia-neuron-crosstalk21
Insulin and obesity transform hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis stemness and function in a hyperactive state21
TFEB deficiency attenuates mitochondrial degradation upon brown adipose tissue whitening at thermoneutrality20
Intestinal stem cell-derived enteroids from morbidly obese patients preserve obesity-related phenotypes: Elevated glucose absorption and gluconeogenesis20
Refeeding activates neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus to inhibit food intake and promote positive valence20
Type 2 diabetes subgroups and potential medication strategies in relation to effects on insulin resistance and beta-cell function: A step toward personalised diabetes treatment?20
Sensory neurons expressing calcitonin gene-related peptide α regulate adaptive thermogenesis and diet-induced obesity20
Metabolic therapy and bioenergetic analysis: The missing piece of the puzzle20
BDK inhibition acts as a catabolic switch to mimic fasting and improve metabolism in mice20
Osteocalcin and vascular function: is there a cross-talk?20
Upregulated ethanolamine phospholipid synthesis via selenoprotein I is required for effective metabolic reprogramming during T cell activation20
KBP-066A, a long-acting dual amylin and calcitonin receptor agonist, induces weight loss and improves glycemic control in obese and diabetic rats20
Structural principles of insulin formulation and analog design: A century of innovation20
Pharmacological blockade of the EP3 prostaglandin E2 receptor in the setting of type 2 diabetes enhances β-cell proliferation and identity and relieves oxidative damage19
Proteasome dysfunction disrupts adipogenesis and induces inflammation via ATF319
Endothelial arginase 2 mediates retinal ischemia/reperfusion injury by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction19
Activation of SIK1 by phanginin A inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis by increasing PDE4 activity and suppressing the cAMP signaling pathway19
Disabling MNK protein kinases promotes oxidative metabolism and protects against diet-induced obesity19
Insulin resistance per se drives early and reversible dysbiosis-mediated gut barrier impairment and bactericidal dysfunction19
Hepatic mTORC1 signaling activates ATF4 as part of its metabolic response to feeding and insulin19
Defective AMPK regulation of cholesterol metabolism accelerates atherosclerosis by promoting HSPC mobilization and myelopoiesis19
Nuclear Receptor CoRepressors, NCOR1 and SMRT, are required for maintaining systemic metabolic homeostasis19
Insulin-sensitizing effects of vitamin D repletion mediated by adipocyte vitamin D receptor: Studies in humans and mice19
Translating glucose tolerance data from mice to humans: Insights from stable isotope labelled glucose tolerance tests19
Deletion of intestinal epithelial AMP-activated protein kinase alters distal colon permeability but not glucose homeostasis19
Conditional gene targeting using UCP1-Cre mice directly targets the central nervous system beyond thermogenic adipose tissues19
Chronic hyperinsulinemia promotes human hepatocyte senescence19
Effects of ambient temperatures between 5 and 35 °C on energy balance, body mass and body composition in mice19
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase mediates the therapeutic effects of adipose-derived stromal/stem cells in experimental periodontitis by modulating macrophages through the kynurenine-AhR-NRF2 pathway19
Crosstalk between the muscular estrogen receptor α and BDNF/TrkB signaling alleviates metabolic syndrome via 7,8-dihydroxyflavone in female mice19
Dysregulation of the Pdx1/Ovol2/Zeb2 axis in dedifferentiated β-cells triggers the induction of genes associated with epithelial–mesenchymal transition in diabetes19
Diminished ketone interconversion, hepatic TCA cycle flux, and glucose production in D-β-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase hepatocyte-deficient mice18
Function of the endolysosomal network in cholesterol homeostasis and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD)18
A low-carbohydrate diet induces hepatic insulin resistance and metabolic associated fatty liver disease in mice18
Dual specificity phosphatase 1 attenuates inflammation-induced cardiomyopathy by improving mitophagy and mitochondrial metabolism18
Moderate SIRT1 overexpression protects against brown adipose tissue inflammation18
Key features of inhibitor binding to the human mitochondrial pyruvate carrier hetero-dimer18
HSP60 reduction protects against diet-induced obesity by modulating energy metabolism in adipose tissue17
Histone deacetylase 5 regulates interleukin 6 secretion and insulin action in skeletal muscle17
An inhibitor-mediated beta-cell dedifferentiation model reveals distinct roles for FoxO1 in glucagon repression and insulin maturation17
Monitoring and modelling the dynamics of the cellular glycolysis pathway: A review and future perspectives17
Adipocyte integrin-linked kinase plays a key role in the development of diet-induced adipose insulin resistance in male mice17
The metabolic syndrome, thiazolidinediones, and implications for intersection of chronic and inflammatory disease17
Mitochondrial clearance of calcium facilitated by MICU2 controls insulin secretion17
Disrupted liver oxidative metabolism in glycine N-methyltransferase-deficient mice is mitigated by dietary methionine restriction17
Centrally circulating α-klotho inversely correlates with human obesity and modulates arcuate cell populations in mice17
Plasma triacylglycerols are biomarkers of β-cell function in mice and humans17
Autocrine negative feedback regulation of lipolysis through sensing of NEFAs by FFAR4/GPR120 in WAT17
FOXO1 inhibition synergizes with FGF21 to normalize glucose control in diabetic mice17
BBSome ablation in SF1 neurons causes obesity without comorbidities17
Combined genetic deletion of GDF15 and FGF21 has modest effects on body weight, hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in high fat fed mice17
Notum deacylates octanoylated ghrelin17
SERPINA3C ameliorates adipose tissue inflammation through the Cathepsin G/Integrin/AKT pathway17
Enzymatic approaches for profiling cytosine methylation and hydroxymethylation16
Small intestinal taurochenodeoxycholic acid-FXR axis alters local nutrient-sensing glucoregulatory pathways in rats16
Novel thiazolidinedione analog reduces a negative impact on bone and mesenchymal stem cell properties in obese mice compared to classical thiazolidinediones16
Loss of chemerin triggers bone remodeling in vivo and in vitro16
Neuronal miR-29a protects from obesity in adult mice16
Pharmacological FGF21 signals to glutamatergic neurons to enhance leptin action and lower body weight during obesity16
The absence of hepatic glucose-6 phosphatase/ChREBP couple is incompatible with survival in mice16
Insulin: A pacesetter for the shape of modern biomedical science and the Nobel Prize16
White adipose remodeling during browning in mice involves YBX1 to drive thermogenic commitment16
Inhibition of prolyl hydroxylases increases hepatic insulin and decreases glucagon sensitivity by an HIF-2α-dependent mechanism16
Sensory neurons derived from diabetic rats exhibit deficits in functional glycolysis and ATP that are ameliorated by IGF-116
Histone H3K9 butyrylation is regulated by dietary fat and stress via an Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase short chain-dependent mechanism16
Results from three phase 1 trials of NNC9204-1177, a glucagon/GLP-1 receptor co-agonist: Effects on weight loss and safety in adults with overweight or obesity16
N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase 1 promotes melanoma growth and metastasis by suppressing peroxisome biogenesis-induced ROS production16
Physical exercise shapes the mouse brain epigenome16
Compound- and fiber type-selective requirement of AMPKγ3 for insulin-independent glucose uptake in skeletal muscle16
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is characterised by a reduced polyunsaturated fatty acid transport via free fatty acids and high-density lipoproteins (HDL)16
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