2025
Liver lipid droplet cholesterol content is a key determinant of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis
Sakuma I, Gaspar R, Nasiri A, Dufour S, Kahn M, Zheng J, LaMoia T, Guerra M, Taki Y, Kawashima Y, Yimlamai D, Perelis M, Vatner D, Petersen K, Huttasch M, Knebel B, Kahl S, Roden M, Samuel V, Tanaka T, Shulman G. Liver lipid droplet cholesterol content is a key determinant of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2502978122. PMID: 40310463, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2502978122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholine-deficient l-amino acid-defined high-fat dietBempedoic acidLiver fibrosisLiver diseaseL-amino acid-defined high-fat dietAdvanced liver diseaseCholesterol contentHSD17B13 variantsHigh-fat dietTotal liver cholesterol contentTreated miceActivate signaling pathwaysVariant rs738409Liver cholesterol contentLiver lipidsFibrotic responsePromote inflammationTherapeutic approachesSteatotic liver diseaseDietary cholesterol supplementationFibrosisHuman liver samplesI148MAntisense oligonucleotidesProgressive form
2024
1577-P: CIDEB Knockdown Promotes Increased Hepatic Mitochondrial Fat Oxidation and Reverses Hepatic Steatosis and Hepatic Insulin Resistance by the PKCε-Insulin Receptor Kinase Pathway
ZHENG J, NASIRI A, GASPAR R, HUBBARD B, SAKUMA I, MA X, MURRAY S, PERELIS M, BARNES W, SAMUEL V, PETERSEN K, SHULMAN G. 1577-P: CIDEB Knockdown Promotes Increased Hepatic Mitochondrial Fat Oxidation and Reverses Hepatic Steatosis and Hepatic Insulin Resistance by the PKCε-Insulin Receptor Kinase Pathway. Diabetes 2024, 73 DOI: 10.2337/db24-1577-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReceptor kinase pathwaysMitochondrial fat oxidationHepatic insulin resistanceKinase pathwayExpression of cidebAmeliorated HFD-induced hepatic steatosisHFD-induced hepatic steatosisHFD-induced insulin resistanceSteatotic liver diseasePathogenesis of type 2 diabetesHepatic steatosisCidebHyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studiesHepatic triglyceride accumulationInsulin resistanceReverse hepatic steatosisTriglyceride accumulationHepatic insulin sensitivityInsulin sensitivityPathwayHepatic expressionHigh-fatWhole-body insulin sensitivityLiver diseaseTranslocation
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