The association of visceral and subcutaneous fat areas with phenotypic age in non-elderly adults, mediated by HOMA-IR and HDL-C by Yuanhong Liu, Min Xu, Liqing Wang, Linyun Meng, Mengran Li, Shumin Mu

“…Abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue, visceral adipose tissue, the Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) have all been shown to correlate with ageing; however, the connections between these factors and PhenoAge are still insufficiently investigated. …”
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Maternal Diet Supplementation with n-6/n-3 Essential Fatty Acids in a 1.2 : 1.0 Ratio Attenuates Metabolic Dysfunction in MSG-Induced Obese Mice by Josiane Morais Martin, Rosiane Aparecida Miranda, Luiz Felipe Barella, Kesia Palma-Rigo, Vander Silva Alves, Gabriel Sergio Fabricio, Audrei Pavanello, Claudinéia Conationi da Silva Franco, Tatiane Aparecida Ribeiro, Jesuí Vergílio Visentainer, Elton Guntendeorfer Banafé, Clayton Antunes Martin, Paulo Cezar de Freitas Mathias, Júlio Cezar de Oliveira

“…A batch of weaned pups was sacrificed to quantify the brain and pancreas total lipids; another batch were fed a commercial diet until 90 days of age, where glucose homeostasis and glucose-induced insulin secretion (GIIS) as well as retroperitoneal fat and Lee index were assessed. …”
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NLRP3 activation maintains intestinal epithelial barrier and reduces liver injury in alcoholic liver disease mice by Shi‐Qing Li, Ya‐Ru Wang, Zhong‐Liang Xie, Yan Wang, Zi‐Han Feng, Jian‐Hao Xu, Bing Yuan, Yi‐Tong Zhang, Guan Yang, Jing‐Lin Wang, Yuan Yuan

“…NLRP3 activation maintains homeostasis of gut microbiota and intestinal epithelial barrier in ALD mice. …”
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Dysregulated Circulating Dendritic Cell Function in Ulcerative Colitis Is Partially Restored by Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus casei Shirota by Elizabeth R. Mann, Jialu You, Verena Horneffer-van der Sluis, David Bernardo, Hafid Omar Al-Hassi, Jon Landy, Simon T. Peake, Linda V. Thomas, Cheng T. Tee, Gui Han Lee, Ailsa L. Hart, Parveen Yaqoob, Stella C. Knight

“…LcS has multifunctional immunoregulatory activities depending on the inflammatory state; therapeutic effects reported in UC may be due to promotion of homeostasis.…”
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Intradiscal Injection of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Nucleus Pulposus-Like Cell-Seeded Polymeric Microspheres Promotes Rat Disc Regeneration by Kaishun Xia, Jian Zhu, Jianming Hua, Zhe Gong, Chao Yu, Xiaopeng Zhou, Jingkai Wang, Xianpeng Huang, Wei Yu, Liming Li, Jianqing Gao, Qixin Chen, Fangcai Li, Chengzhen Liang

“…Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) which resemble embryonic stem cells are considered to be a potential resource for restoring NP-lCs and disc homeostasis. Here, we proposed an efficient two-step differentiation protocol of human iPSCs into NP-lCs and continuously tested their in vivo ability to regenerate IVDs. …”
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Ruthenium(II) Lipid‐Mimics Drive Lipid Phase Separation to Arouse Autophagy‐Ferroptosis Cascade for Photoimmunotherapy by Yue Zheng, Wen‐Jin Wang, Jing‐Xin Chen, Kun Peng, Xiao‐Xiao Chen, Qing‐Hua Shen, Bing‐Bing Liang, Zong‐Wan Mao, Cai‐Ping Tan

“…Abstract Lipid‐mediated phase separation is crucial for the formation of lipophilic spontaneous domain to regulate lipid metabolism and homeostasis, furtherly contributing to multiple cell death pathways. …”
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Systematic identification of secondary bile acid production genes in global microbiome by Yuwei Yang, Wenxing Gao, Ruixin Zhu, Liwen Tao, Wanning Chen, Xinyue Zhu, Mengping Shen, Tingjun Xu, Tingting Zhao, Xiaobai Zhang, Lixin Zhu, Na Jiao

“…ABSTRACT Microbial metabolism of bile acids (BAs) is crucial for maintaining homeostasis in vertebrate hosts and environments. Although certain organisms involved in bile acid metabolism have been identified, a global, comprehensive elucidation of the microbes, metabolic enzymes, and bile acid remains incomplete. …”
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Role of the Specialized Proresolving Mediator Resolvin D1 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Preliminary Results by Luca Navarini, Tiziana Bisogno, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Alessandra Piccoli, Silvia Angeletti, Alice Laudisio, Massimo Ciccozzi, Antonella Afeltra, Mauro Maccarrone

“…Resolvin D1 (RvD1), a product of the metabolism of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), acts as a specialized proresolving mediator which can contribute in restoring the homeostasis in inflamed tissues. The aim of the present pilot study is to evaluate plasma levels of RvD1 in patients with SLE and healthy subjects, investigating its potential role as a biomarker of SLE and assessing its relationship with disease activity and laboratory parameters. …”
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Characterization of rectus femoris lesions in knee osteoarthritis at different stages and the effect of ultrasound-guided acupotomy by Wen-Ying Yu, Wen-Ying Yu, Jing Liu, Jing Liu, Ze-Hao Lin, Ze-Hao Lin, Hong Liu, Hong Liu, Liang-Zhi Zhang, Liang-Zhi Zhang, Xiang-Long Feng, Xiang-Long Feng, Zhong-Biao Xiu, Zhong-Biao Xiu, Zhong-Biao Xiu

“…The mechanism may involve reducing chronic injury to the rectus femoris muscle and protecting joint homeostasis by attenuating the degree of rectus femoris fibrosis.…”
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FKBP5 as a key regulator of metabolic processes in birds: Insights from chicken pectoral muscle by Pengfei Du, Xiangli Zhang, Yao Zhu, Ziyang Wang, Xuemeng Si, Huaiyong Zhang, Yanqun Huang, Wen Chen

“…FK506-binding protein 5 (FKBP5) is a negative regulator of the glucocorticoid response and may play an important role in regulating metabolic homeostasis in birds. However, limited information is available regarding its role in avian species. …”
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Dual functional hydrogel of osteoclastic-inhibition and osteogenic-stimulation for osteoporotic bone defect regeneration by Lei Yu, Wentao Wang, Chang Lv, Qian Chen, Peng Yang, Zhenrong Qi, Haomiao Yu, Ruiqi Cao, Wenhao Li, Yi Qin, Gaoran Ge, Peilai Liu, Lixin Zhu, Houyi Sun, Dechun Geng, Liang Zhang

“…Osteoporosis, a degenerative disorder, results from an imbalance in bone homeostasis driven by dysregulation of osteoblast and osteoclast activity. …”
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Implantable Multifunctional Micro‐Oxygen Reservoir System for Promoting Vascular‐Osteogenesis via Remodeling Regenerative Microenvironment by Min Rui, Jiannan Mao, Hongshuai Wu, Yujian Hui, Hao Shen, Yilin Yang, Tao Ma, Kewei Ren, Juan Wang, Wenguo Cui, Qin Shi, Huilin Yang

“…As a multifaceted microenvironment regulator, CSP‐GM remodeled the regenerative microenvironment by synergistically producing oxygen and scavenging ROS, recovering mitochondrial homeostasis and antioxidant defenses of BMSCs, promoting angiogenesis and osteogenesis under hypoxia conditions via precisely modulating the Nrf2/HO‐1 signaling pathway. …”
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Transcriptomic signatures of cold acclimated adipocytes reveal CXCL12 as a Brown autocrine and paracrine chemokine by Marina Agueda-Oyarzabal, Marie S. Isidor, Kaja Plucińska, Lars R. Ingerslev, Oksana Dmytriyeva, Patricia S.S. Petersen, Sara Laftih, Axel B. Pontoppidan, Jo B. Henningsen, Kaja Rupar, Erin L. Brown, Thue W. Schwartz, Romain Barrès, Zachary Gerhart-Hines, Camilla C. Schéele, Brice Emanuelli

“…However, the BAT microenvironment and factors involved in BAT homeostasis and adaptation to cold remain poorly characterized. …”
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The Human Milk-derived Peptide Drives Rapid Regulation of Macrophage Inflammation Responses in the Neonatal IntestineSummary by Fuqiang Yuan, Xu Han, Masha Huang, Yinglin Su, Yiting Zhang, Mengyuan Hu, Xiang Yu, Weilai Jin, Yun Li, Le Zhang

“…Background & Aims: The interactions between human milk and the regulation of innate immune homeostasis in newborns, and their impact on intestinal health, are not fully understood. …”
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The AMD-associated genetic polymorphism CFH Y402H confers vulnerability to Hydroquinone-induced stress in iPSC-RPE cells by Angela Armento, Inga Sonntag, Ana-Cristina Almansa-Garcia, Merve Sen, Sylvia Bolz, Blanca Arango-Gonzalez, Ellen Kilger, Ruchi Sharma, Kapil Bharti, Rosario Fernandez-Godino, Berta de la Cerda, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Marius Ueffing

“…In our study, we examined the cell characteristics of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, which play a major role in retinal homeostasis and stability and which are synonymously linked to AMD.MethodsHere, we employ RPE cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) generated from donors, carrying either homozygous 402Y (low risk) or 402H (high risk) variants of the CFH gene. …”
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Peripheral mitochondrial transplantation alleviates diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction by suppressing cuproptosis by Juan Hu, Qiao Li, Shiqiu Jiang, Yingying Deng, Lan Yang, Mengyu Du, Shuxuan He, Fuxing Xu, Chaoying Yan, Wei Gao, Yansong Li, Yaomin Zhu

“…Given that imbalances in copper homeostasis and cuproptosis are associated with various neurodegenerative disorders and diabetic myocardial damage, we hypothesize a role for cuproptosis in the pathogenesis of DACD. …”
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The absolute number of circulating Treg cells is reduced in difficult-to-treat RA patients and is ameliorated by low-dose IL-2 by Huanhuan Yan, Huanhuan Yan, Huanhuan Yan, Xiaoyu Zi, Xiaoyu Zi, Xiaoyu Zi, Huer Yan, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Chong Gao, Xiaofeng Li, Xiaofeng Li, Xiaofeng Li, Caihong Wang, Caihong Wang, Caihong Wang

“…ObjectiveCirculating regulatory T cells (Tregs) are closely related to immune tolerance and maintenance of immune homeostasis. Perhaps, there is a unique immune cell phenotype for difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T RA). …”
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smu_1558c-mediated regulation of growth and biofilm formation in Streptococcus mutans by Jing Zhou, Jing Zhou, Qizhao Ma, Qizhao Ma, Jingou Liang, Jingou Liang, Yangyang Pan, Yangyang Pan, Yang Chen, Yang Chen, Shuxing Yu, Shuxing Yu, Yaqi Liu, Yaqi Liu, Qiong Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Yuqing Li, Jing Zou, Jing Zou

“…Notably, glucosyltransferases GtfB and GtfC, key enzymes in biofilm formation, were significantly downregulated in the deletion mutant, while ClpL, a Clp-like ATP-dependent protease involved in protein homeostasis under stress conditions, was highly upregulated. …”
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The role of lactylation in tumor growth and cancer progression by Khulood Al-Malsi, Khulood Al-Malsi, Khulood Al-Malsi, Sinan Xie, Sinan Xie, Sinan Xie, Yunshi Cai, Yunshi Cai, Yunshi Cai, Nader Mohammed, Kunlin Xie, Kunlin Xie, Kunlin Xie, Tian Lan, Tian Lan, Tian Lan, Hong Wu, Hong Wu, Hong Wu

“…By establishing a connection between metabolic byproducts and epigenetic gene regulation, we investigated how lactylation affects immune regulation, inflammation, and cellular repair.FindingsHistone lactylation, or the addition of lactate to lysine residues on histone proteins, increases transcriptional activity and facilitates the expression of genes involved in homeostasis and repair. These findings have important implications for cancer treatment. …”
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Dehydrothyrsiferol Against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Treatment Outcome in a Murine Model by Atteneri López-Arencibia, Carlos J. Bethencourt-Estrella, Desirée San Nicolás-Hernández, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Angélica Domínguez-de-Barros, Lizbeth Salazar-Villatoro, Maritza Omaña-Molina, Francisco Cen-Pacheco, Ana R. Díaz-Marrero, José J. Fernández, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, José E. Piñero

“…Studying the ultrastructural effect of DT was also carried out to verify the suspected damage at the cellular level and determine the severity of damages produced in the homeostasis of promastigotes. BALB/c mice infected with <i>Leishmania amazonensis</i> were divided into four groups: untreated mice, mice treated with miltefosine orally and mice treated topically with 1% and 0.5% DT-Sepigel; treatment was carried out for two weeks. …”
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