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Current Neurovascular Research

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ISSN (Print): 1567-2026
ISSN (Online): 1875-5739

FoxO Transcription Factors and Regenerative Pathways in Diabetes Mellitus

Author(s): Kenneth Maiese

Volume 12, Issue 4, 2015

Page: [404 - 413] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/1567202612666150807112524

Price: $65

Abstract

Mammalian forkhead transcription factors of the O class (FoxO) are exciting targets under consideration for the development of new clinical entities to treat metabolic disorders and diabetes mellitus (DM). DM, a disorder that currently affects greater than 350 million individuals globally, can become a devastating disease that leads to cellular injury through oxidative stress pathways and affects multiple systems of the body. FoxO proteins can regulate insulin signaling, gluconeogenesis, insulin resistance, immune cell migration, and cell senescence. FoxO proteins also control cell fate through oxidative stress and pathways of autophagy and apoptosis that either lead to tissue regeneration or cell demise. Furthermore, FoxO signaling can be dependent upon signal transduction pathways that include silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 (S. cerevisiae) (SIRT1), Wnt, and Wnt1 inducible signaling pathway protein 1 (WISP1). Cellular metabolic pathways driven by FoxO proteins are complex, can lead to variable clinical outcomes, and require in-depth analysis of the epigenetic and post-translation protein modifications that drive FoxO protein activation and degradation.

Keywords: Akt, Apoptosis, Autophagy, β-catenin, Caspase, CCN, Diabetes mellitus, Epigenetic, Erythropoietin, Forkhead, FoxO, Metabolism, Nicotinamide, Oxidative stress, Sirtuins, SgK, SIRT1, Stem cells, WISP, Wnt.

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