Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18391974›Full record

ReviewOncogene2008

The role of FoxO in the regulation of metabolism.

D N Gross, A P J van den Heuvel, M J Birnbaum

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Review in Oncogene, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 293 papers.

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293citing papers in PubMed
17.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

293 citing papers in PubMed, 533 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

D N GrossInstitute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Cox Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
A P J van den Heuvel
M J Birnbaum
University of Pennsylvania · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

THE ROLE OF THE AKT/PKB SIGNALING IN INSULIN ACTIONR01DK056886 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BIRNBAUM, MORRIS J · 2000 to 2014
$5.3M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forkhead proteins, and FoxO1 in particular, play a significant role in regulating whole body energy metabolism. Glucose homeostasis is achieved by adjusting endogenous glucose production as well as glucose uptake by peripheral tissues in response to insulin. In the fasted state, the liver is primarily responsible for maintaining glucose levels, with FoxO1 playing a key role in promoting the expression of gluconeogenic enzymes. Following feeding, pancreatic beta cells secrete insulin, which promotes the uptake of glucose by peripheral tissues including skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, and can in part suppress gluconeogenic enzyme expression in the liver. In addition to directly regulating metabolism, FoxO1 also plays a role in the formation of both adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, two major organs that are critical for maintaining energy homeostasis. The importance of FoxO1 in energy homeostasis is particularly striking under conditions of metabolic dysfunction or insulin resistance. In obese or diabetic states, FoxO1-dependent gene expression promotes some of the deleterious characteristics associated with these conditions, including hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance. In addition, the increase in pancreatic beta cell mass that normally occurs in response to a rise in insulin demand is blunted by nuclear FoxO1 expression. However, under these same pathophysiological conditions, FoxO1 expression may help drive the expression of genes involved in combating oxidative stress, thereby preserving cellular function. FoxO1 may also be involved in promoting the switch from carbohydrate to fatty acid as the major energy source during starvation.

Indexed as

AnimalsEnergy MetabolismForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansForkhead Transcription Factors

Identifiers

PMID18391974
OpenAlexW1981614332

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