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Research
Latest papers
Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes as allostatic responses to chronic nutrient excess.
Cell metabolism · 2026 · first author
Non-enzymatic hepatic ABHD6 interacts with Akt-FoxO1 axis to regulate metabolic health.
Nature communications · 2026
Non-enzymatic ABHD6 interacts with Akt-FoxO1 axis to regulate selective hepatic insulin resistance.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
Latest funding
- $15,000
Boston Ithaca Islet Club 2025
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $1,017,450
Glycerol 3-phosphate phosphatase and the glycerol shunt in senescence and healthy aging
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $933,300
The glycerol shunt and nutrient excess detoxification in the pancreatic ß-cell and liver
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
84 publications.
Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes as allostatic responses to chronic nutrient excess.
Prentki M, Nolan CJ, James DE, Thorens B, Rhodes CJ, Corkey BE, Ling C, Froguel P, Mathieu C, Gautier JF, Donath MY
Non-enzymatic hepatic ABHD6 interacts with Akt-FoxO1 axis to regulate metabolic health.
Li G, Maeyens LT, Yin J, Funcke JB, Joung C, Li R, Xu Z, Wu T, Li X, Jiang N, Ekane M, Lopez MP, Cao P, He S, Salmon AB, Madiraju SRM, Prentki M, Bai J, Nelson JF, Han X, Zhu Y, Zhao S
Non-enzymatic ABHD6 interacts with Akt-FoxO1 axis to regulate selective hepatic insulin resistance.
Li G, Maeyens LT, Yin J, Funcke JB, Joung C, Li R, Xu Z, Wu T, Li X, Jiang N, Ekane M, Lopez MP, Cao P, He S, Salmon AB, Madiraju SRM, Prentki M, Bai J, Nelson JF, Han X, Zhu Y, Zhao S
Glycerol and Glycerol-3-Phosphate: Multifaceted Metabolites in Metabolism, Cancer, and Other Diseases.
Madiraju SRM, Possik E, Al-Mulla F, Nolan CJ, Prentki M
Suppression of adipocyte ABHD6 favors anti-inflammatory and adipogenic programs to preserve adipose tissue fitness in obesity.
Poursharifi P, Attané C, Chenier I, Schmitt C, Lussier R, Al-Mass A, Leung YH, Oppong A, Dumais É, Flamand N, Abu-Farha M, Abubaker J, Al-Mulla F, Bai Y, Zhang D, Peyot ML, Tchernof A, Madiraju SRM, Prentki M
Glycerolipid Cycling in Thermogenesis, Energy Homeostasis, Signaling, and Diseases.
Poursharifi P, Madiraju SRM, Oppong A, Kajimura S, Nolan CJ, Blondin DP, Prentki M
A simplified protocol based on a standardized meal-stimulated beta-cell response to stratify people living with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes.
Sun CJ, Lochnan H, Sorisky A, Shaw J, Ramsay T, Nolan CJ, Prentki M, Rabasa-Lhoret R
Adipocyte Angptl8 deletion improves glucose and energy metabolism and obesity associated inflammation in mice.
Ghosh A, Chénier I, Leung YH, Oppong AK, Peyot ML, Madiraju SRM, Al-Khairi I, Abubaker J, Al-Mulla F, Prentki M, Abu-Farha M
Essential role of germ cell glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase for sperm health, oxidative stress control and male fertility in mice.
Oppong A, Leung YH, Ghosh A, Peyot ML, Paquet M, Morales C, Clarke HJ, Al-Mulla F, Boyer A, Madiraju SRM, Boerboom D, O'Flaherty C, Prentki M
The daunting task of recruiting insulin-treated patients living with type 2 diabetes mellitus for intensive lifestyle interventions.
Sun CJ, Nguyen É, Prentki M, Rabasa-Lhoret R
Boston Ithaca Islet Club 2025
Principal investigators: Lim, Gareth E
Keywords: Alpha-Cells; Beta-Cells; Diabetes; Islets; Pancreas
Glycerol 3-phosphate phosphatase and the glycerol shunt in senescence and healthy aging
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Advanced Glycation End Products; Aging; Autophagy; Caenorhabditis Elegans; Glycerol-3-Phosphate Phosphatase; Healthy Aging; Longevity; Methylglyoxal; Mtor; Tfeb
The glycerol shunt and nutrient excess detoxification in the pancreatic ß-cell and liver
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Glycerol Shunt; Glycerol-3-Phosphate Phosphatase; Hepatocytes; Insulin Secretion; Lipid Metabolism; Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Obesity; Pancreatic Beta Cell; Protein-Protein Interactions; Type 2 Diabetes
Unveiling the metabolic cooperation via glycerol and lactate as the driver of aggressive prostate cancer using microfluidics and mathematical modeling
Principal investigators: Gervais, Thomas
Keywords: Lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; prostate cancer; ex vivo tumor models; spheroids; hypoxia; glucose metabolism; glycerol shunt; metabolic pathways; urology
Lipid metabolism, insulin secretion and energy homeostasis
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Abhd6; Adipose Browning; Fuel Detoxification; Glycerol-3-Phosphatase; Glycerolipid/Free Fatty Acid Cycling; Insulin Secretion; Lipid Metabolism; Monoacylglycerol; Obesity; Pancreatic Beta Cell
Symposium on Cardiometabolic diseases of the Montreal Diabetes Research Center
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Basic And Clinical Research; Cardiometabolic Diseases; Diabetes; Hqp Training; Interinstitutional Event; Nutrition; Obesity; Research Symposium; Sharing Of Knowledge
Metabolic deceleration as a mechanism for the anti-diabetic effects of metformin and berberine
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc; Ning, Guang
Keywords: Berberine; Détoxification; Fatty Acids; Glucolipotoxicity; Lipolysis; Metabolic Deceleration; Metformin; Mitochondrial Complex-I; Pancreatic Beta Cell; Type 2 Diabetes
Glucose regulation of insulin secretion and metabolic enzymes' gene expression
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Anaplerosis/ Cataplerosis; Glycerolipid/Free Fatty Acid Cycling; Insulin Secretion; Lipid Metabolism; Monoacylglycerol; Pancreatic Beta Cell
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRHOLDER / TITULAIRE DE CHAIRE DE RECHERCHE DU CANADA
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Crc
Validation of a glycerolipid/ free fatty acid cycling enzyme as a novel therapeutic target for type-2 diabetes
Principal investigators: Prentki, Marc
Keywords: Drug Development; Insulin Secretion; Monoglyceride Lipase; Pancreatic Beta Cell; Type-2 Diabetes
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Stephanie Fulton and Thierry Alquier: 13 shared papers
- Vincent Poitout and Thierry Alquier: 10 shared papers
- Robert Sladek and Marc Prentki: 7 shared papers
- Marc Prentki and Vincent Poitout: 5 shared papers
- Robert Sladek and Constantin Polychronakos: 2 shared papers
- Stephanie Fulton and Marc Prentki: 2 shared papers
- Marc Prentki and Thierry Alquier: 2 shared papers
- Robert Sladek and Vincent Poitout: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie Fulton and Vincent Poitout: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Herbert Gaisano: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Nicolas Flamand: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Alex Parker: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Cristian O'Flaherty: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Yan Burelle: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Constantin Polychronakos: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Anne-Marie Mes-Masson: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Annik Prat: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Timothy Ramsay: 1 shared paper
- Marc Prentki and Alexander Sorisky: 1 shared paper
- Timothy Ramsay and Alexander Sorisky: 1 shared paper
- Medicine
- Nutrition
- Physics
- Neurosciences
- Department of Medicine
- Biochemical Neuroendocrinology
- Pediatrics
- Other
Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Robert Sladek
Physics
7 shared papers, latest 2024
Vincent Poitout
Faculty
5 shared papers, latest 2014
Thierry Alquier
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Stephanie Fulton
Nutrition
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Annik Prat
Biochemical Neuroendocrinology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Alex Parker
Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Constantin Polychronakos
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Timothy Ramsay
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Yan Burelle
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Alexander Sorisky
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Anne-Marie Mes-Masson
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Herbert Gaisano
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Nicolas Flamand
Médecine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Cristian O'Flaherty
Urology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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