Adipose tissue-derived autotaxin causes cardiomyopathy in obese mice Authors: Yousheng Xu, Yongshun Wang, Jingjin Liu, Wei Cao, Lili Li, Hongwei Du, Enbo Zhan, Ruoxi Zhang, Huimin Liu, Maoen Xu, Tao Chen, Yilin Qu and Bo Yu
Cap-independent mRNA translation is upregulated in long-lived endocrine mutant mice Authors: Ulas Ozkurede, Rishabh Kala, Cameron Johnson, Ziqian Shen, Richard A Miller and Gonzalo G Garcia
Crosstalk of BMP-4 and RA signaling pathways on POMC gene regulation in corticotrophs Authors: Leandro Nieto, Mariana Fuertes, Josefina Rosmino, Sergio Senin and Eduardo Arzt
FNDC5/Irisin counteracts lipotoxic-induced apoptosis in hypoxic H9c2 cells Authors: Isabel Moscoso, María Cebro-Márquez, Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero, José Ramón González-Juanatey and Ricardo Lage
Defining high-fat-diet rat models: metabolic and molecular effects of different fat types Authors: R Buettner, K G Parhofer, M Woenckhaus, C E Wrede, L A Kunz-Schughart, J Schölmerich and L C Bollheimer
Absolute quantification of mRNA using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays Author: SA Bustin
Developmental origins of disease and determinants of chromatin structure: maternal diet modifies the primate fetal epigenome Authors: Kjersti M Aagaard-Tillery, Kevin Grove, Jacalyn Bishop, Xingrao Ke, Qi Fu, Robert McKnight and Robert H Lane
Quantification of mRNA using real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR): trends and problems Author: SA Bustin
Dissecting adipose tissue lipolysis: molecular regulation and implications for metabolic disease Authors: Thomas Svava Nielsen, Niels Jessen, Jens Otto L Jørgensen, Niels Møller and Sten Lund
Metformin in cancer: translational challenges Authors: Ryan J O Dowling, Saroj Niraula, Vuk Stambolic and Pamela J Goodwin
Suppression of plasma free fatty acids upregulates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α and δ and PPAR coactivator 1α in human skeletal muscle, but not lipid regulatory genes Authors: M J Watt, R J Southgate, A G Holmes and M A Febbraio
