2017
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a Nexus of Metabolic and Hepatic Diseases
Samuel VT, Shulman GI. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a Nexus of Metabolic and Hepatic Diseases. Cell Metabolism 2017, 27: 22-41. PMID: 28867301, PMCID: PMC5762395, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin resistanceNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseFatty liver diseasePeripheral insulin resistanceHepatic insulin resistanceNew pharmacological strategiesHepatic complicationsBariatric surgeryLiver diseaseInsulin-stimulated glycogen synthesisHepatic diseasePharmacological strategiesNAFLDReceptor activationHepatic glucoseLipid metabolismInsulin receptor activationWeight lossEnergy expenditureHepatic diacylglycerolsGlycogen synthesisDiseaseLipid synthesisFlux of substratesComplications
2016
The Sweet Path to Metabolic Demise: Fructose and Lipid Synthesis
Herman MA, Samuel VT. The Sweet Path to Metabolic Demise: Fructose and Lipid Synthesis. Trends In Endocrinology And Metabolism 2016, 27: 719-730. PMID: 27387598, PMCID: PMC5035631, DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2016.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFructose consumptionHepatic fructose metabolismHepatic insulin resistanceImpairment of insulinDe novo lipogenesisHepatic steatosisInsulin resistanceEpidemiological studiesNovo lipogenesisMetabolic diseasesFructose metabolismLipogenic enzymesLipogenesisFatty acid synthesisKey transcription factorDiseaseAldolase BLipid synthesisAdditional mechanismHypertriglyceridemiaSteatosisTranscription factorsTherapyInsulinImpairment
2015
Insulin-independent regulation of hepatic triglyceride synthesis by fatty acids
Vatner DF, Majumdar SK, Kumashiro N, Petersen MC, Rahimi Y, Gattu AK, Bears M, Camporez JP, Cline GW, Jurczak MJ, Samuel VT, Shulman GI. Insulin-independent regulation of hepatic triglyceride synthesis by fatty acids. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 1143-1148. PMID: 25564660, PMCID: PMC4313795, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423952112.Peer-Reviewed Original Research