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ReviewMolecular and cellular biochemistry2022

Autophagy: a molecular switch to regulate adipogenesis and lipolysis.

Mouliganesh Sekar, Kavitha Thirumurugan

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Review in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Anti-obesity peptides from food: Production, evaluation, sources, and commercialization.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025
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  11. Role of Autophagy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Metabolic Clash.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024
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  13. Acute Hyperglycemia-Induced Injury in Myocardial Infarction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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.

Mouliganesh SekarStructural Biology Lab, Centre for Biomedical Research, School of Biosciences & Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6003-5526
Kavitha ThirumuruganStructural Biology Lab, Centre for Biomedical Research, School of Biosciences & Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. m.kavitha@vit.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4099
Vellore Institute of Technology University · IN

Funding

Indian Council of Medical Research 5/9/1171/2015-NUT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a complex epidemic disease caused by an imbalance of adipose tissue function that results in hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance which further develop into type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Adipose tissue is responsible for fat storage; white adipose tissue stores excess energy as fat for availability during starvation, whereas brown adipose tissue regulates thermogenesis through fat oxidation using uncoupling protein 1. However, hypertrophic fat storage results in inflammation and increase the chances for obesity which triggers autophagy genes and lipolytic enzymes to regulate lipid metabolism. Autophagy degrades cargo molecule with the help of lysosome and redistributes the energy back to the cell. Autophagy regulates adipocyte differentiation by modulating master regulators of adipogenesis. Adipogenesis is the process which stores excessive energy in the form of lipid droplets. Lipid droplets (LD) are dynamic cellular organelles that store toxic free-fatty acids into neutral triglycerides in adipose tissue. LD activates both lipolysis and lipophagy to degrade excess triglycerides. In obese tissue, autophagy is activated via pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by surplus fat stored in the adipose tissue. This review focused on the process of autophagy and adipogenesis and the transcription factors that regulate lipogenesis and lipolysis in the adipose tissue. We have also discussed about the importance of autophagic regulation within adipose tissue which controls the onset of obesity and its associated diseases.

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AdipogenesisAutophagyLipolysisObesityAdipose TissueAnimalsLipid DropletsMaleAdipose tissueAutophagyLipolysisLipophagyObesityTranscription factors

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PMID35022960
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