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ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2025

Plin5: A potential therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Mengjuan Wei, Yan Wang, Yufei Zhang, Yun Qiao

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Article in Diabetology & metabolic syndrome, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Undernutrition-related diabetes in mice is linked to early undernutrition.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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  3. Biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Mengjuan WeiShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yan WangBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yufei ZhangShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yun QiaoQilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. qiaoyun@qiluhospital.com.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation Project of Shandong Province ZR2021MH326Special funds for high-level talents cultivation project of traditional Chinese medicine in Shandong province 2023 No. 143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a kind of metabolic disease characterized by aberrant insulin secretion as a result of -cell loss or injury, or by impaired insulin sensitivity of peripheral tissues, which finally results in insulin resistance and a disturbance of glucose and lipid metabolism. Among them, lipid metabolism disorders lead to lipotoxicity through oxidative stress and inflammatory response, destroying the structure and function of tissues and cells. Abnormal lipid metabolism can lead to abnormal insulin signaling and disrupt glucose metabolism through a variety of pathways. Therefore, emphasizing lipid metabolism may be a crucial step in the prevention and treatment of T2DM. Plin5 is a lipid droplet surface protein, which can bi-directionally regulate lipid metabolism and plays an important role in lipolysis and fat synthesis. Plin5 can simultaneously decrease the buildup of free fatty acids in the cytoplasm, improve mitochondrial uptake of free fatty acids, speed up fatty acid oxidation through lipid drops-mitochondria interaction, and lessen lipotoxicity. In oxidative tissues like the heart, liver, and skeletal muscle, Plin5 is extensively expressed. And Plin5 is widely involved in β-cell apoptosis, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, inflammatory response and other pathological processes, which has important implications for exploring the pathogenesis of T2DM. In addition, recent studies have found that Plin5 is also closely related to T2DM and cancer, which provides a new perspective for exploring the relationship between T2DM and cancer.

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Lipid dropletsLipid metabolismPlin5Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID40176076
PMCPMC11963521

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