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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2017

Roles of Diacylglycerols and Ceramides in Hepatic Insulin Resistance.

Max C Petersen, Gerald I Shulman

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 205 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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205citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
22.4field-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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

205 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 357 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. SRM-Mediated Spermidine Synthesis Links Lipid Overload With AMPK Pathway to Regulate Hepatic Insulin Signaling and Gluconeogenesis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  11. Insulin receptorNature communications · 2026
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  18. Adipose-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Intercellular Crosstalk With Skeletal Muscle: Implications for Sarcopenic Obesity and Metabolic Dysregulation.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Max C PetersenDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Gerald I ShulmanDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: gerald.shulman@yale.edu.
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Yale Diabetes Research CenterP30DK045735 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kevan C Herold · 1993 to 2026
$44.0M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007205 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAZMIERCZAK, BARBARA I · 1985 to 2019
$42.9M
Mechanisms of Lipid-Induced Hepatic Insulin ResistanceR01DK040936 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHULMAN, GERALD I · 1989 to 2015
$5.1M
Novel mechanisms of insulin receptor inhibition in liver by nPKCs and MARCH1F30DK104596 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PETERSEN, MAX CHRISTIAN · 2015 to 2017
$124k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK104596NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK045735NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK040936NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although ample evidence links hepatic lipid accumulation with hepatic insulin resistance, the mechanistic basis of this association is incompletely understood and controversial. Diacylglycerols (DAGs) and ceramides have emerged as the two best-studied putative mediators of lipid-induced hepatic insulin resistance. Both lipids were first associated with insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and were subsequently hypothesized to mediate insulin resistance in the liver. However, the putative roles for DAGs and ceramides in hepatic insulin resistance have proved more complex than originally imagined, with various genetic and pharmacologic manipulations yielding a vast and occasionally contradictory trove of data to sort. In this review we examine the state of this field, turning a critical eye toward both DAGs and ceramides as putative mediators of lipid-induced hepatic insulin resistance.

Indexed as

Insulin ResistanceAnimalsCeramidesDiglyceridesHumansNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseCeramidesDiglyceridesceramideectopic lipidinsulin receptor kinaseinsulin resistancenonalcoholic fatty liver diseasenonalcoholic steatohepatitisprotein kinase C epsilon

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PMID28551355
PMCPMC5499157
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