Combined diabetes-obesity syndromes severely impair regeneration of acute skin wounds in mouse models. This study assessed the contribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue to exacerbated wound inflammatory conditions. Genetically obese (ob/ob) mice showed an increased expression of positive transcriptional effectors of adipocyte differentiation such as Krüppel-like factor (KLF)-5 and peroxisome ...

conclusions our findings indicate that fenofibrate (ppar-α agonist) is able to prevent dn progression and improve kidney performance during chronic uncontrolled hyperglycemia possibly through increase in no bioavailability of kidney. results fenofibrate did not change the blood glucose of normal or diabetic rats. diabetes increased the proteinuria (82%) and blood creatinine of diabetic rats (4....

Recent studies have indicated that type 2 cannabinoid receptor (CB2R) agonists reduce neurodegeneration after brain injury through anti-inflammatory activity. The purpose of this study was to examine the time-dependent interaction of CB2R and inflammation in stroke brain. Adult male rats were subjected to right middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). CB2R mRNA expression was significantly elev...

background : peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (ppar γ) is a transcription factor, which is abundantly expressed in adipose tissue and has a direct link to adiposity. it seems that long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (lc-pufas) can regulate ppar γ expression. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of n-3lc pufa supplementation on plasma levels of ppar γ and t...

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a subgroup of the superfamily of nuclear receptors, with three distinct main types: α, β and γ (subdivided into γ 1 and γ 2). Recently, the presence of PPARs-γ has been reported in human islets. Whether the other PPARs types can be found in human islets, how islet PPAR-γ mRNA expression is regulated by the metabolic milieu, their role in i...

BACKGROUND Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g) exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic properties, and is protective against cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to determine the effects of a PPAR-g agonist pioglitazone on atherogenesis in an ApoE knockout mouse (ApoE-/-) diabetic mouse model and in a cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) model. MATERIAL AND ...

Inhibition of proapoptotic pathways in synovial fibroblasts is one of the major causes of synovial proliferation and hyperplasia in rheumatic diseases. We have shown previously that NF-κB inhibitor BAY 11-7085, through inactivation of PPAR-γ, induces apoptosis in human synovial fibroblasts. In this work we showed that BAY 11-7085 induced autophagy that preceded BAY 11-7085-induced apoptosis. Of...

Activation of the nuclear hormone receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) has been shown to be immunoregulatory in autoimmune diseases by inhibiting production of a number of inflammatory mediators. We investigated whether PPAR-γ gene deletion in hematopoietic cells would alter disease pathogenesis in the antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) mouse model. PPAR-γ...