Trial reportDiabetes2016
Mechanism by Which Caloric Restriction Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Sedentary Obese Adults.
Trial report in Diabetes, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 131 citations in OpenAlex.
- Histone deacetylase-mediated regulation of endolysosomal pH.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2018Pooled it
- The consumption of animal products is associated with plasma levels of alpha-aminoadipic acid (2-AAA).Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2024Trial
- Insulin sensitivity in mesolimbic pathways predicts and improves with weight loss in older dieters.eLife · 2022Trial
- Effects of the SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin on Energy Metabolism in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind Crossover Trial.Diabetes care · 2021Trial
- Higher unacylated ghrelin and insulin sensitivity following dietary restriction and weight loss in obese humans.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2021Trial
- Effects of Exercise Alone or in Combination with High-Protein Diet on Muscle Function, Aerobic Capacity, and Physical Function in Middle-Aged Obese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Trial
- The Effects of Low-Energy Moderate-Carbohydrate (MCD) and Mixed (MixD) Diets on Serum Lipid Profiles and Body Composition in Middle-Aged Men: A Randomized Controlled Parallel-Group Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Six Weeks of Calorie Restriction Improves Body Composition and Lipid Profile in Obese and Overweight Former Athletes.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Effects of 12 Months of Caloric Restriction on Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Healthy Individuals.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2017Trial
- Modulation of the Kynurenine Pathway in Obese Mexican Navy Women Following a Structured Weight Loss Program: A Pre-Post-Intervention Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The Role of Exercise in Cardiovascular Metabolism and Its Importance for Adolescent Metabolic Health.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Are we giving too much weight to lean mass loss?Molecular metabolism · 2025Review
- Methodologies to Identify Metabolic Pathway Differences Between Emaciated and Moderately Conditioned Horses: A Review of Multiple Gene Expression Techniques.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Effects of Diet and Exercise on Mitochondrial Health in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): Role of Ceramides.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Lifestyle interventions in cardiometabolic HFpEF: dietary and exercise modalities.Heart failure reviews · 2025Review
- Mitochondria in oxidative stress, inflammation and aging: from mechanisms to therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Review
- Regulation of metabolic pathways genes and the effects of very low-calorie diet on insulin resistance and fatty acid profiles in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- Tissue-specific methylomic responses to a lifestyle intervention in older adults associate with metabolic and physiological health improvements.Aging cell · 2025Article
- Intense Caloric Restriction from Birth Protects the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Reduces Reactive Oxygen Species in Ovariectomized Rats.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Caloric restriction and its mimetics in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Review
3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Caloric restriction (CR) improves insulin sensitivity and reduces the incidence of diabetes in obese individuals. The underlying mechanisms whereby CR improves insulin sensitivity are not clear. We evaluated the effect of 16 weeks of CR on whole-body insulin sensitivity by pancreatic clamp before and after CR in 11 obese participants (BMI = 35 kg/m(2)) compared with 9 matched control subjects (BMI = 34 kg/m(2)). Compared with the control subjects, CR increased the glucose infusion rate needed to maintain euglycemia during hyperinsulinemia, indicating enhancement of peripheral insulin sensitivity. This improvement in insulin sensitivity was not accompanied by changes in skeletal muscle mitochondrial oxidative capacity or oxidant emissions, nor were there changes in skeletal muscle ceramide, diacylglycerol, or amino acid metabolite levels. However, CR lowered insulin-stimulated thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) levels and enhanced nonoxidative glucose disposal. These results support a role for TXNIP in mediating the improvement in peripheral insulin sensitivity after CR.
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