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ReviewAnnual review of physiology2021

Ceramides in Metabolism: Key Lipotoxic Players.

Bhagirath Chaurasia, Scott A Summers

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Review in Annual review of physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 208 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
208citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

208 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 301 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bhagirath ChaurasiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA; email: bhagirath-chaurasia@uiowa.edu.
Scott A SummersDepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA; email: scott.a.summers@health.utah.edu.
University of Iowa · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

WU P&FP30DK020579 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Clay F. Semenkovich · 2013 to 2026
$27.1M
Dihydroceramide Desaturase-1 Inhibitors for Treatment of Diabetes and Other Metabolic DiseasesR44DK116450 · NIDDK · POTRERO HILL THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI BLITZER, JEREMY, SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2018 to 2022
$4.7M
The Role of Ceramides in Skeletal MuscleR01DK115824 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2018 to 2021
$2.6M
Role of Ceramide Regulated Fgf13 in AdiposeT issue BiologyR01DK124326 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI CHAURASIA, BHAGIRATH · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Targeting a Ceramide Double Bond to Treat Cardiometabolic DisordersR01DK122001 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
Dihydroceramide Desaturase-1 Inhibitors for Treatment of Diabetes and Other Metabolic DiseasesR43DK116450 · NIDDK · POTRERO HILL THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI BLITZER, JEREMY, SUMMERS, SCOTT A · 2017 to 2017
$225k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020579NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115824NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK122001NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK124326NIDDK NIH HHS R43 DK116450NIDDK NIH HHS R44 DK116450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global prevalence of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, steatohepatitis, myocardial infarction, and stroke has increased dramatically over the past two decades. These obesity-fueled disorders result, in part, from the aberrant accumulation of harmful lipid metabolites in tissues not suited for lipid storage (e.g., the liver, vasculature, heart, and pancreatic beta-cells). Among the numerous lipid subtypes that accumulate, sphingolipids such as ceramides are particularly impactful, as they elicit the selective insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and ultimately cell death that underlie nearly all metabolic disorders. This review summarizes recent findings on the regulatory pathways controlling ceramide production, the molecular mechanisms linking the lipids to these discrete pathogenic events, and exciting attempts to develop therapeutics to reduce ceramide levels to combat metabolic disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsCeramidesHumansInsulin ResistanceLipid MetabolismMetabolic DiseasesSphingolipidsCeramidesSphingolipidsatherosclerosisceramidesdiabetesdyslipidemiainsulin resistanceobesity

Identifiers

PMID33158378
PMCPMC7905841
OpenAlexW3097883702

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