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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2017

Deactivating Fatty Acids: Acyl-CoA Thioesterase-Mediated Control of Lipid Metabolism.

Veronika Tillander, Stefan E H Alexson, David E Cohen

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Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Veronika TillanderDivision of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, 14186, Sweden.
Stefan E H AlexsonDivision of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, 14186, Sweden.
David E CohenDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA. Electronic address: dcohen@med.cornell.edu.

Funding

Phospholipid-Mediated Metabolic Control in the Pathogenesis of NAFLDR01DK056626 · NIDDK · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI COHEN, DAVID E. · 2000 to 2024
$10.3M
Them1-Mediated Metabolic Regulation and Pathogenic Role in NAFLDR01DK103046 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DAVID E. COHEN, Susan J Hagen · 2015 to 2026
$7.6M
Regulation of Hepatic Lipid and Glucose Metabolism by Phosphatidylcholine TransfeR01DK048873 · NIDDK · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID E. COHEN · 2003 to 2026
$5.8M
Regulation of Hepatic Lipid and Glucose Metabolism by PC-TP/StarD2R37DK048873 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI COHEN, DAVID E. · 2012 to 2021
$5.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK048873NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056626NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103046NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK048873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cellular uptake of free fatty acids (FFA) is followed by esterification to coenzyme A (CoA), generating fatty acyl-CoAs that are substrates for oxidation or incorporation into complex lipids. Acyl-CoA thioesterases (ACOTs) constitute a family of enzymes that hydrolyze fatty acyl-CoAs to form FFA and CoA. Although biochemically and biophysically well characterized, the metabolic functions of these enzymes remain incompletely understood. Existing evidence suggests regulatory roles in controlling rates of peroxisomal and mitochondrial fatty acyl-CoA oxidation, as well as in the subcellular trafficking of fatty acids. Emerging data implicate ACOTs in the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases, suggesting that better understanding their pathobiology could reveal unique targets in the management of obesity, diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Indexed as

Lipid MetabolismAnimalsFatty AcidsHumansMetabolic DiseasesThiolester HydrolasesACOT1 protein, humanFatty AcidsThiolester Hydrolasesenergy homeostasisfatty acyl-CoAfree fatty acidmitochondriaperoxisomes

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PMID28385385
PMCPMC5474144

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