• Aquaporin-11 Contributes to TGF-β1-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Human Visceral Adipocytes: Role in Obesity-Associated Inflammation 

      Frühbeck, Gema; Balaguer, Inmaculada; Méndez-Giménez, Leire; Valentí, Víctor; Becerril, Sara; Catalán, Victoria; Gómez-Ambrosi, Javier; Silva, Camilo; Salvador, Javier; Calamita, Giuseppe; Malagón, María M.; Rodríguez, Amaia (MDPI, 2020)
      Aquaporin-11 (AQP11) is expressed in human adipocytes, but its functional role remains unknown. Since AQP11 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident protein that transports water, glycerol, and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), ...
    • Rab18 dynamics in adipocytes in relation to lipogenesis, lipolysis and obesity 

      Pulido, Marina R.; Díaz-Ruiz, Alberto; Jiménez-Gómez, Yolanda; García Navarro, S.; Gracia-Navarro, F.; Tinahones, Francisco J.; López-Miranda, José; Frühbeck, Gema; Vázquez Martínez, Rafael; Malagón, María M. (PLOS, 2011)
      Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles that coordinate lipid storage and mobilization, both processes being especially important in cells specialized in managing fat, the adipocytes. Proteomic analyses of LDs have consistently ...
    • The ghrelin O-acyltransferase–ghrelin system reduces TNF-α-induced apoptosis and autophagy in human visceral adipocytes 

      Rodríguez, A; Gómez-Ambrosi, Javier; Catalán, Victoria; Rotellar, Fernando; Valentí, Víctor; Silva, Camilo; Mugueta, C.; Pulido, Marina R.; Vázquez, R.; Salvador, Javier; Malagón, María M.; Colina, I.; Frühbeck, Gema (SpringerLink, 2012)
      Aims/hypothesis Proinflammatory and proapoptotic cytokines such as TNF-α are upregulated in human obesity. We evaluated the association between ghrelin isoforms (acylated and desacyl ghrelin) and TNF-α in obesity and ...
    • The l-α-Lysophosphatidylinositol/GPR55 system and its potential role in human obesity 

      Moreno-Navarrete, José María; Catalán, Victoria; Whyte, Lauren; Díaz-Arteaga, Adenis; Vázquez-Martínez, Rafael; Rotellar, Fernando; Guzmán-Ruiz, Rocío; Gómez-Ambrosi, Javier; Pulido, Marina R.; Russell, Wendy R.; Imbernón, Mónica; Ross, Ruth A.; Malagón, María M.; Diéguez, Carlos; Fernández-Real, José Manuel; Frühbeck, Gema; Nogueiras, Rubén (American Diabetes Asociation, 2012)
      GPR55 is a putative cannabinoid receptor, and l-α-lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) is its only known endogenous ligand. We investigated 1) whether GPR55 is expressed in fat and liver; 2) the correlation of both GPR55 and LPI ...