Minireview: Mitochondrial Energetics and Insulin Resistance
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Obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and aging are associated with impaired skeletal muscle oxidation capacity, reduced mitochondrial content, and lower rates of oxidative phosphorylation. Several studies have reported ultrastructural abnormalities in mitochondrial morphology and reductions in mitochondrial mass in insulin-resistant individuals. From lower organisms to rodents, mitochondrial membrane structure, function, and programmed cell death are regulated in part by the balance between the opposing forces of mitochondrial fusion and fission, suggesting they may also play an important role in human physiology.
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- Authors
- Civitarese, A. E., & Ravussin, E.
- Affiliations
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
- Corresponding author
- Civitarese, Anthony E.
- Venue
- Endocrinology
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2008-01-17
- Volume
- 149
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 950-954
- ISSN
- 0013-7227 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7170
- PMC
- PMC2275359
- OpenAlex
- W2124179192
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 58
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- FWCI
- 0.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (U01AG020478, R01 AG20478)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK072476)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Keywords
- mitochondrial bioenergetics, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity, skeletal muscle, mitochondrial fusion, mitochondrial fission, mitochondrial morphology, oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial membrane structure, programmed cell death, aging
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Energy Metabolism, Homeostasis, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Mitochondria, Muscle, Mitochondrial Proteins, Metalloproteases
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