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ArticleAdipocyte

Minor differences in the molecular machinery mediating regulated membrane fusion has major impact on metabolic health.

Ismael Valladolid-Acebes, Teresa Daraio, Kerstin Brismar, Tomas Hökfelt, Christina Bark

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Article in Adipocyte. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ismael Valladolid-AcebesDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden.
Teresa DaraioDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden.
Kerstin BrismarDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden.
Tomas HökfeltDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden.
Christina BarkDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The exocytosis of signaling molecules from neuronal, neuroendocrine and endocrine cells is regulated by membrane fusion involving SNAP-25 and associated SNARE proteins. The importance of this process for metabolic control recently became evident by studies of mouse mutants genetically engineered to only express one of 2 closely related, alternatively-spliced variants of SNAP-25. The results showed that even minor differences in the function of proteins regulating exocytosis are sufficient to provoke metabolic disease, including hyperglycaemia, liver steatosis, adipocyte hypertrophy and obesity. Thus, an imbalance in the dynamics of hormonal and/or neurotransmitter release can cause obesity and type 2 diabetes. This recent discovery highlights the fact that metabolic health requires a perfectly operating interplay between the SNARE protein machinery in excitable cells and the organs responding to these messengers.

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alternative splicinghormonesinsulinregulated membrane fusionSNARE

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PMID27617177
PMCPMC5013989
OpenAlexW2291544379

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