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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2025

TREM2 as a regulator of obesity-induced cardiac remodeling: mechanisms and therapeutic insights.

Eunhee Chung, David Zhang, Maria Gonzalez Porras, Chia George Hsu

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Review in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Gpr75 Deletion in Adipocytes Protects From Diet-Induced Obesity: Changes in Glucose Homeostasis and Inflammatory Responses.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Eunhee ChungDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4501-9333
David ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Maria Gonzalez PorrasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Chia George HsuDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1133-4116

Funding

Sex differences in cardiometabolic health of offspring born from obese mothers with and without exerciseSC1GM125603 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI CHUNG, EUNHEE · 2020 to 2023
$1.4M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM125603NIGMS NIH HHS SC1 GM125603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are global health challenges that significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Advances in immunometabolism have identified triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) as a key regulator of macrophage function, lipid metabolism, and inflammation resolution. Although extensively studied in neurodegenerative diseases, TREM2's role in metabolic disorders and cardiovascular health is an emerging area of research. This review explores TREM2's molecular structure and functions, emphasizing its contributions to immunometabolic regulation in obesity and T2DM. Evidence from preclinical models demonstrates that TREM2 modulates macrophage-driven inflammatory responses, lipid clearance, plaque stability, fibrosis, and myocardial remodeling. Translational findings suggest that TREM2 expression correlates with cardiometabolic outcomes, underscoring its potential as a therapeutic target. Key knowledge gaps include TREM2's temporal dynamics during disease progression, sex-specific effects, and interactions with recruited or resident macrophage activation in obesity and T2DM. Integrating mechanistic and translational insights is critical to harness TREM2's immunoregulatory potential for improving CVD outcomes in metabolic disorders.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Membrane GlycoproteinsObesityReceptors, ImmunologicVentricular RemodelingAnimalsHumansMacrophagesMyocardiumSignal TransductionMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicTREM2 protein, humancardiometabolic diseasesinflammationobesitytriggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2)type 2 diabetes

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PMID40152357
PMCPMC12175171

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