PMID- 37702180 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240222 LR - 20240222 IS - 2212-3873 (Electronic) IS - 1871-5303 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 6 DP - 2024 TI - Interleukin-38 and Insulin Resistance. PG - 611-616 LID - 10.2174/1871530323666230911114150 [doi] AB - Insulin resistance, i.e., decreased biological response to insulin, is a risk factor for many diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), cardiovascular disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, some forms of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. One of its main causes is chronic low-grade inflammation, mediated by the proinflammatory pathways, such as the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway and the nuclear factor kappa B (NFkappaB) pathway. Interleukin (IL)-38 (IL-38) is a newly discovered cytokine that belongs to the IL-1 family. There are three hypothetical pathways through which IL-38 may bind to the specific receptors and inhibit their proinflammatory activity. Those pathways are associated with IL-36 receptor (IL-36R), IL-1 receptor accessory protein-like 1 (IL1RAPL1) and IL-1 receptor 1 (IL1R1). There are studies linking IL-38 to improve insulin sensitivity through the difference in serum IL-38 in patients with insulin resistance or the correlation of IL-38 concentrations with insulin resistance indexes. However, many questions still remain regarding the biological activity of IL-38 itself and its role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. The goal of this study is to showcase IL-38, its biological activity, hypothesized signaling pathways, connection with insulin resistance and future perspectives of research on IL-38. We present that IL-38 associated signaling can be a potential target for the treatment of insulin resistance and associated diseases. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Klejbuk, Kamil AU - Klejbuk K AUID- ORCID: 0009-0000-0683-9198 AD - Department of Prophylaxis of Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, Bialystok, Poland. FAU - Straczkowski, Marek AU - Straczkowski M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5833-2305 AD - Department of Prophylaxis of Metabolic Diseases, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, Bialystok, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United Arab Emirates TA - Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets JT - Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets JID - 101269157 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Interleukins) RN - 0 (IL-38 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Insulin MH - Inflammation MH - Receptors, Interleukin-1 MH - Interleukins OTO - NOTNLM OT - IL-38 OT - glucose metabolism OT - inflammation OT - insulin resistance OT - insulin sensitivity OT - proinflammatory pathways. EDAT- 2023/09/13 06:41 MHDA- 2024/02/22 06:43 CRDT- 2023/09/13 05:43 PHST- 2023/03/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/22 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/13 06:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/13 05:43 [entrez] AID - EMIDDT-EPUB-134399 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1871530323666230911114150 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024;24(6):611-616. doi: 10.2174/1871530323666230911114150.