Announcements

As all of the articles published in Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) are open access, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all articles. We invite you to read our selected papers in the Section “Cellular Metabolism”, which are listed below.

1. “Unraveling Adipose Tissue Dysfunction: Molecular Mechanisms, Novel Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Targets for Liver Fat Deposition”
by Marta Lopez-Yus, Carlos Hörndler, Sofia Borlan, Vanesa Bernal-Monterde and Jose M. Arbones-Mainar
Cells 2024, 13(5), 380; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13050380
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/5/380

2. “Border Control: The Role of the Microbiome in Regulating Epithelial Barrier Function”
by Fernanda Schreiber, Iulia Balas, Matthew J. Robinson and Ghaith Bakdash
Cells 2024, 13(6), 477; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060477
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/477

3. “Regulatory Mechanism of Protein Crotonylation and Its Relationship with Cancer”
by Siyi Yang, Xinyi Fan and Wei Yu
Cells 2024, 13(21), 1812; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13211812
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/21/1812

4.“Exploring the Potential Role of Metabolomics in COPD: A Concise Review”
by Claudio Tirelli, Sabrina Mira, Luca Alessandro Belmonte, Federica De Filippi, Mauro De Grassi, Marta Italia, Sara Maggioni, Gabriele Guido, Michele Mondoni, Giorgio Walter Canonica et al.
Cells 2024, 13(6), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/475

5. “Breast Cancer: Mitochondria-Centered Metabolic Alterations in Tumor and Associated Adipose Tissue”
by Tamara Zakic, Andjelika Kalezic, Zorka Drvendzija, Mirjana Udicki, Tatjana Ivkovic Kapicl, Biljana Srdic Galic, Aleksandra Korac, Aleksandra Jankovic and Bato Korac
Cells 2024, 13(2), 155; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13020155
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/2/155

6. “Emerging Role of Autophagy in Governing Cellular Dormancy, Metabolic Functions, and Therapeutic Responses of Cancer Stem Cells”
by Meenakshi Tiwari, Pransu Srivastava, Sabiya Abbas, Janani Jegatheesan, Ashish Ranjan, Sadhana Sharma, Ved Prakash Maurya, Ajit Kumar Saxena and Lokendra Kumar Sharma
Cells 2024, 13(5), 447; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13050447
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/5/447

7. “Allopurinol Disrupts Purine Metabolism to Increase Damage in Experimental Colitis”
by Corey S. Worledge, Rachael E. Kostelecky, Liheng Zhou, Geetha Bhagavatula, Sean P. Colgan and J. Scott Lee
Cells 2024, 13(5), 373; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13050373
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/5/373

8. “Receptors and Signaling Pathways Controlling Beta-Cell Function and Survival as Targets for Anti-Diabetic Therapeutic Strategies”
by Stéphane Dalle and Amar Abderrahmani
Cells 2024, 13(15), 1244; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13151244
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/15/1244

9. “Perivascular Adipose Tissue and Perivascular Adipose Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: New Insights in Vascular Disease”
by Smara Sigdel, Gideon Udoh, Rakan Albalawy and Jinju Wang
Cells 2024, 13(16), 1309; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13161309
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/16/1309

10. “The Metabolomic Footprint of Liver Fibrosis”
by Diren Beyoğlu, Yury V. Popov and Jeffrey R. Idle
Cells 2024, 13(16), 1333; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13161333
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/16/1333

11. “The Role of β3-Adrenergic Receptors in Cold-Induced Beige Adipocyte Production in Pigs”
by Shuo Yang, Hong Ma, Liang Wang, Fang Wang, Jiqiao Xia, Dongyu Liu, Linlin Mu, Xiuqin Yang and Di Liu
Cells 2024, 13(8), 709; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13080709
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/8/709

12. “Silencing the Mitochondrial Gatekeeper VDAC1 as a Potential Treatment for Bladder Cancer”
by Belal Alhozeel, Swaroop Kumar Pandey, Anna Shteinfer-Kuzmine, Manikandan Santhanam and Varda Shoshan-Barmatz
Cells 2024, 13(7), 627; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13070627
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/7/627

13. “Polyamine Catabolism Revisited: Acetylpolyamine Oxidase Plays a Minor Role due to Low Expression”
by Olga N. Ivanova, Anna V. Gavlina, Inna L. Karpenko, Martin A. Zenov, Svetlana S. Antseva, Natalia F. Zakirova, Vladimir T. Valuev-Elliston, George S. Krasnov, Irina T. Fedyakina, Pavel O. Vorobyev et al.
Cells 2024, 13(13), 1134; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13131134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/13/1134

14. “Metabolic Reprogramming Induced by Aging Modifies the Tumor Microenvironment”
by Xingyu Chen, Zihan Wang, Bo Zhu, Min Deng, Jiayue Qiu, Yunwen Feng, Ning Ding and Chen Huang
Cells 2024, 13(20), 1721; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13201721
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/20/1721

15. “Polyphenolic Compounds Activate SERCA1a and Attenuate Methylglyoxal- and Palmitate-Induced Impairment in Pancreatic INS-1E Beta Cells”
by Vladimir Heger, Barbora Benesova, Magdalena Majekova, Petronela Rezbarikova, Attila Hunyadi, Lubica Horakova and Jana Viskupicova
Cells 2024, 13(22), 1860; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13221860
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/22/1860