Adipose tissue fibrosis, hypertrophy, and hyperplasia: Correlations with diabetes in human obesity

LA Muir, CK Neeley, KA Meyer, NA Baker, AM Brosius… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The relationship between adipose tissue fibrosis, adipocyte hypertrophy, and
preadipocyte hyperplasia in the context of obesity and the correlation of these tissue‐based …

Coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls impair glucose homeostasis in lean C57BL/6 mice and mitigate beneficial effects of weight loss on glucose homeostasis in obese …

NA Baker, M Karounos, V English, J Fang… - Environmental …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Previous studies demonstrated that coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
promote proinflammatory gene expression in adipocytes. PCBs are highly lipophilic and …

[HTML][HTML] Human CD206+ macrophages associate with diabetes and adipose tissue lymphoid clusters

LA Muir, KW Cho, LM Geletka, NA Baker, CG Flesher… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Increased adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) correlate with metabolic dysfunction in
humans and are causal in development of insulin resistance in mice. Recent bulk and single-cell …

Diabetes-specific regulation of adipocyte metabolism by the adipose tissue extracellular matrix

NA Baker, LA Muir, AR Washabaugh… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Context: The role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in regulating adipocyte metabolism in the
context of metabolic disease is poorly defined. Objective: The objective of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase (CH25H) as a promoter of adipose tissue inflammation in obesity and diabetes

L Russo, L Muir, L Geletka, J Delproposto, N Baker… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Expansion of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and metabolic inflammation are
consequences of obesity and associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Metabolically activated …

Effects of adipocyte aryl hydrocarbon receptor deficiency on PCB-induced disruption of glucose homeostasis in lean and obese mice

NA Baker, R Shoemaker, V English… - Environmental …, 2015 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) promote adipocyte inflammation
and impair glucose homeostasis in lean mice. The diabetes-promoting effects of lipophilic …

[HTML][HTML] The human type 2 diabetes-specific visceral adipose tissue proteome and transcriptome in obesity

…, JA Caruso, CG Flesher, NA Baker… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Dysfunctional visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes (DM)
but underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Our objective in this discovery analysis was to …

[HTML][HTML] Adipocytes promote pancreatic cancer cell proliferation via glutamine transfer

KA Meyer, CK Neeley, NA Baker… - … and biophysics reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Adipocytes promote progression of multiple cancers, but their role in pancreatic intraepithelial
neoplasia (PanIN) and ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is poorly defined. Nutrient transfer …

Resveratrol protects against polychlorinated biphenyl-mediated impairment of glucose homeostasis in adipocytes

NA Baker, V English, M Sunkara, AJ Morris… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2013 - Elsevier
Resveratrol (RSV) is a plant polyphenol that exhibits several favorable effects on glucose
homeostasis in adipocytes. Recent studies from our laboratory demonstrated that coplanar …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced glycation end-products regulate extracellular matrix-adipocyte metabolic crosstalk in diabetes

C Strieder-Barboza, NA Baker, CG Flesher… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The adipose tissue extracellular matrix (ECM) regulates adipocyte cellular metabolism and
is altered in obesity and type 2 diabetes, but mechanisms underlying ECM-adipocyte …