ArticleCurrent medical science2018
Characterization of Wnt1-inducible Signaling Pathway Protein-1 in Obese Children and Adolescents.
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- Stage-Dependent Fibrotic Gene Profiling of WISP1-Mediated Fibrogenesis in Human Fibroblasts.Cells · 2024Article
- Normalization of WISP1 circulating level and tissue expression following metabolic and bariatric surgery using rat model.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- An overview of CCN4 (WISP1) role in human diseases.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Review
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- A positive association of serum CCN5/WISP2 levels with the risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus: a case-control study.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2023Article
- CCN proteins: opportunities for clinical studies-a personal perspective.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2023Review
- Recent progress on the role of cellular communication network factors (CCN) 3, 4 and 6 in regulating adiposity, liver fibrosis and pancreatic islets.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2023Review
- The impact of aging and oxidative stress in metabolic and nervous system disorders: programmed cell death and molecular signal transduction crosstalk.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Association Between Umbilical Cord Levels of Glypican-1, Glypican-3, Syndecan-1, WISP1, Leptin and Birth Weight of Small, Appropriate, and Large for Gestational Age Infants.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Dysmetabolic adipose tissue in obesity: morphological and functional characteristics of adipose stem cells and mature adipocytes in healthy and unhealthy obese subjects.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2021Review
- An Update to the WISP-1/CCN4 Role in Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Nicotinamide as a Foundation for Treating Neurodegenerative Disease and Metabolic Disorders.Current neurovascular research · 2021Review
- New Insights for nicotinamide: Metabolic disease, autophagy, and mTOR.Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) · 2020Review
- Circulating Wnt1-inducible signaling pathway protein-1 (WISP-1/CCN4) is a novel biomarker of adiposity in subjects with type 2 diabetes.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2020Article
- Nicotinamide: Oversight of Metabolic Dysfunction Through SIRT1, mTOR, and Clock Genes.Current neurovascular research · 2020Review
- Prospects and Perspectives for WISP1 (CCN4) in Diabetes Mellitus.Current neurovascular research · 2020Review
- Dysregulation of metabolic flexibility: The impact of mTOR on autophagy in neurodegenerative disease.International review of neurobiology · 2020Review
- Cognitive impairment with diabetes mellitus and metabolic disease: innovative insights with the mechanistic target of rapamycin and circadian clock gene pathways.Expert review of clinical pharmacology · 2020Review
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Abstract
Wnt1-inducible signaling pathway protein-1 (WISP1), a member of the CCN family, is increasingly being recognized as a potential target for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recent studies have shown that WISP1 can regulate low-grade inflammation in obese mice, and circulating WISP1 levels are associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Herein, we measured serum WISP1 levels in obese youth and explored its relationships with pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 18 (IL-18) and other metabolic indexes. Totally, 44 normal-weight and 44 obese children and adolescents were enrolled. Physical and laboratory data were recorded, and then serum levels of WISP1 and IL-18 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Results showed that serum levels of WISP1 were significantly higher in obese children and adolescents than in normal-weight healthy controls (1735.44±15.29 vs. 1364.08±18.69 pg/mL). WISP1 levels were significantly positively correlated with body mass index (BMI) and BMI z-score (r=0.392, P=0.008; r=0.474, P=0.001, respectively) in obese group; circulating IL-18 was increased in obese individuals (1229.06±29.42 vs. 295.87±13.30 pg/mL). Circulating WISP1 levels were significantly correlated with IL-18 (r=0.542, P<0.001), adiponectin (r=0.585, P<0.001) and leptin (r=0.592, P<0.001). The multivariate stepwise regression analysis showed that higher IL-18 levels represented the main determinant of increased WISP1 levels after adjusting for BMI, waist circumference, fasting insulin, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and HbA1c in obese individuals (β=0.542, P=0.000). WISP1 can be involved in glucose/lipid metabolism in obese youth, which may be modulated by IL-18. Increased WISP1 levels may be a risk factor of obesity and insulin resistance, and WISP1 has a potential therapeutic effect on insulin resistance in obese children and adolescents.
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