Speaker articles

Take a look at some of the articles our esteemed speakers have published recently and chat with them about their research in Shanghai in October.

Ellen BlaakMaastricht Univeristy, The Netherlands
Cardiometabolic health improvements upon dietary intervention are driven by tissue-specific insulin resistance phenotype: A precision nutrition trial

Jens C. BrüningMax Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Germany
Nutrient-sensing AgRP neurons relay control of liver autophagy during energy deprivation

Paul CohenThe Rockefeller University, USA
Creatine-mediated crosstalk between adipocytes and cancer cells regulates obesity-driven breast cancer
Brown adipose tissue is associated with healthier body fat distribution and metabolic benefits independent of regional adiposity

Ana Maria CuervoAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Chaperone-mediated autophagy prevents collapse of the neuronal metastable proteome

Ana DomingosUniversity of Oxford, UK
The sympathetic nervous system in the 21st century: Neuroimmune interactions in metabolic homeostasis and obesity

Brain-Sparing Sympathofacilitators Mitigate Obesity without Adverse Cardiovascular Effects

Shingo KajimuraHarvard Medical School, USA
Lipolysis-derived linoleic acid drives beige fat progenitor cell proliferation

Post-translational control of beige fat biogenesis by PRDM16 stabilization

Jae Bum KimSeoul National University, Korea
VLDL-VLDLR axis facilitates brown fat thermogenesis through replenishment of lipid fuels and PPARβ/δ activation

Peng Li, Zhengzhou University, Fudan University & Tsinghua University, China
A glimpse at the metabolic research in China

Xiaoying LiFudan University, China
Obesity-induced excess of 17-hydroxyprogesterone promotes hyperglycemia through activation of glucocorticoid receptor

Sheng-Cai Lin, Xiamen University, China
Low-dose metformin targets the lysosomal AMPK pathway through PEN2
AMPK and TOR: The Yin and Yang of Cellular Nutrient Sensing and Growth Control

Mikael RydénKarolinska Institute, Sweden
Spatial mapping reveals human adipocyte subpopulations with distinct sensitivities to insulin
Impaired phosphocreatine metabolism in white adipocytes promotes inflammation

Alan SaltielUniversity of California, San Diego, USA
β3-Adrenergic receptor downregulation leads to adipocyte catecholamine resistance in obesity

Glycogen metabolism links glucose homeostasis to thermogenesis in adipocytes

Bao-liang SongWuhan University, China 
Exhaustion-associated cholesterol deficiency dampens the cytotoxic arm of antitumor immunity.

John SpeakmanUniversity of Aberdeen, UK
Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors

Higher than predicted resting energy expenditure and lower physical activity in healthy underweight Chinese adults

Antonio Vidal-PuigUniversity of Cambridge, UK 
Dysregulation of macrophage PEPD in obesity determines adipose tissue fibro-inflammation and insulin resistance

Tobias WaltherMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Mechanism of action for small-molecule inhibitors of triacylglycerol synthesis.

The Lipid Droplet Knowledge Portal: A resource for systematic analyses of lipid droplet biology.

Shi-min ZhaoFudan University, China
Amino acids downregulate SIRT4 to detoxify ammonia through the urea cycle.

Nuclear ATR lysine-tyrosylation protects against heart failure by activating DNA damage response.

 

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