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Obesity

Obesity is a complex, chronic disease defined by excessive body fat accumulation that poses significant health risks, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher serving as the standard diagnostic threshold in adults. It is a global public health concern, affecting approximately one-third of the world’s population, with high prevalence rates observed in both adults and children across regions such as the UK and the United States, where over 23 states report adult obesity rates at or above 35%. The condition arises from a combination of genetic, environmental, behavioral, and metabolic factors, including poor dietary habits, physical inactivity, and underlying hormonal imbalances. Obesity significantly increases the risk of numerous comorbidities, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers (e.g., breast, colon, and kidney), osteoarthritis, and other musculoskeletal disorders. While no specific medication targets obesity directly, related conditions are often managed with drugs such as proton pump inhibitors, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, and SSRI antidepressants, with appetite suppressants and central nervous system stimulants also prescribed in some cases. Rare genetic syndromes like Obesity and Hypopigmentation (OBHP) further illustrate the multifactorial nature of obesity, characterized by early-onset severe obesity, hyperinsulinemia, overgrowth, and skin hypopigmentation. Overall, obesity is not merely a cosmetic issue but a serious medical condition requiring comprehensive, long-term management strategies.

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Obesity (3227):

Cat. No. Product Name CAS No. Purity Chemical Structure
  • HY-10219
    Rapamycin 53123-88-9 99.94%
    Rapamycin (Sirolimus; AY 22989) is a potent and specific blood-brain barrier-transmissible mTOR inhibitor with an IC50 of 0.1 nM in HEK293 cells. Rapamycin binds to FKBP12 and specifically acts as an allosteric inhibitor of mTORC1. Rapamycin is an autophagy activator, an immunosuppressant.
    Rapamycin
  • HY-10182
    Laduviglusib 252917-06-9 99.76%
    Laduviglusib (CHIR-99021) is a potent, selective and orally active GSK-3α/β inhibitor with IC50s of 10 nM and 6.7 nM. Laduviglusib shows >500-fold selectivity for GSK-3 over CDC2, ERK2 and other protein kinases. Laduviglusib is also a potent Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activator. Laduviglusib enhances mouse and human embryonic stem cells self-renewal. Laduviglusib induces autophagy.
    Laduviglusib
  • HY-10431
    SB-431542 301836-41-9 99.85%
    SB-431542 is a TGF-β receptor kinase inhibitor (TRKI). SB-431542 has inhibitory activity for ALK4, ALK5 and ALK7 with IC50 values of 1 μM, 0.75 μM and 2 μM, respectively. SB-431542 also inhibits TGF-β-induced transcription, gene expression, apoptosis, and growth suppression. SB-431542 can be used for the research of cancer and signal transduction pathways.
    SB-431542
  • HY-14649
    Retinoic acid 302-79-4 99.81%
    Retinoic acid is a metabolite of vitamin A that plays important roles in cell growth, differentiation, and organogenesis. Retinoic acid is a natural agonist of RAR nuclear receptors, with IC50s of 14 nM for RARα/β/γ. Retinoic acid bind to PPARβ/δ with Kd of 17 nM. Retinoic acid acts as an inhibitor of transcription factor Nrf2 through activation of retinoic acid receptor alpha.
    Retinoic acid
  • HY-10108
    LY294002 154447-36-6 99.95%
    LY294002 is a broad-spectrum inhibitor of PI3K with IC50s of 0.5, 0.57, and 0.97 μM for PI3Kα, PI3Kδ and PI3Kβ, respectively. LY294002 also inhibits CK2 with an IC50 of 98 nM. LY294002 is a competitive DNA-PK inhibitor that binds reversibly to the kinase domain of DNA-PK with an IC50 of 1.4 μM. LY294002 is an apoptosis activator.
    LY294002
  • HY-P11321A
    IUB0271 hydrochloride 98.67%
    IUB0271 (acyl-GIP) hydrochloride is a fatty acylated and long-acting glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). IUB0271 hydrochloride increases cFos neuronal activity in hypothalamic feeding centers and decreases body weight, food intake and glycemia in DIO mouse models, and these effects depend on CNS-GIPR signaling. IUB0271 hydrochloride can be used for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity research.
    IUB0271 hydrochloride
  • HY-P11666
    Brenipatide 2408921-49-1 98.85%
    Brenipatide (LY-3537031) is a dual glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonist. Brenipatide can be used for the study of metabolic disorders, obesity and diabetes.
    Brenipatide
  • HY-186096
    LP-856866 99.92%
    LP-856866 is an orally active ACSL5 inhibitor, with IC50 values of 8 nM and 4 nM against mouse and human ACSL5, respectively, and IC50 values of 6 nM and 17 nM against mouse and human ACSL1, respectively. LP-856866 induces delayed gastric emptying, promotes GLP-1 release, reduces food intake, decreases body weight and body fat mass, preserves lean body mass, improves glucose homeostasis, enhances insulin sensitivity, reduces hepatic lipid accumulation, and lowers serum triglyceride and total cholesterol levels. LP-856866 is applicable to research on diet-induced obesity.
    LP-856866
  • HY-10227
    Bortezomib 179324-69-7 99.97%
    Bortezomib (PS-341) is a reversible and selective proteasome inhibitor, and potently inhibits 20S proteasome (Ki=0.6 nM) by targeting a threonine residue. Bortezomib disrupts the cell cycle, induces apoptosis, and inhibits NF-κB. Bortezomib is the first proteasome inhibitor anticancer agent. Bortezomib can be used for the study of multiple myeloma (MM). Bortezomib effectively inhibits TREM2 expression in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs).
    Bortezomib
  • HY-B0627
    Metformin 657-24-9 99.98%
    Metformin (1,1-Dimethylbiguanide) inhibits the mitochondrial respiratory chain in the liver, leading to AMPK activation and enhancing insulin sensitivity, and can be used in the study of type 2 diabetes. Metformin exerts central glucose-lowering effects by inhibiting Ras-related protein 1 (Rap1) in SF1 hypothalamic neurons. Metformin also inhibits liver oxidative stress, nitrosative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis caused by liver ischemia/reperfusion injury. In addition, Metformin regulates the expression of autophagy-related proteins by activating AMPK and inhibiting the mTOR signaling pathway, thereby inducing tumor cell autophagy and inhibiting the growth of renal cell carcinoma in vitro and in vivo.
    Metformin
  • HY-50856
    Ruxolitinib 941678-49-5 99.99%
    Ruxolitinib (INCB18424) is an orally active and selective JAK1/2 inhibitor with IC50s of 3.3 nM and 2.8 nM in cell-free assays, and has 130-fold selectivity for JAK1/2 over JAK3. Ruxolitinib induces autophagy and kills tumor cells through toxic mitophagy.
    Ruxolitinib
  • HY-10999
    Trametinib 871700-17-3 99.93%
    Trametinib (GSK1120212; JTP-74057) is an orally active MEK inhibitor that inhibits MEK1 and MEK2 with IC50s of about 2 nM. Trametinib activates autophagy and induces apoptosis, cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), used in research related to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
    Trametinib
  • HY-13453
    BAY 11-7082 19542-67-7 99.98%
    BAY 11-7082 is an IκBα phosphorylation and NF-κB inhibitor. BAY 11-7082 selectively and irreversibly inhibits the TNF-α-induced phosphorylation of IκB-α, and decreases NF-κB and expression of adhesion molecules. BAY 11-7082 inhibits ubiquitin-specific protease USP7 and USP21 (IC50=0.19, 0.96 μM, respectively). BAY 11-7082 inhibits gasdermin D (GSDMD) pore formation in liposomes and inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis and IL-1β secretion in human and mouse cells.
    BAY 11-7082
  • HY-15772
    Osimertinib 1421373-65-0 99.96%
    Osimertinib (AZD9291) is a covalent, orally active, irreversible, and mutant-selective EGFR inhibitor with an apparent IC50 of 12 nM against L858R and 1 nM against L858R/T790M, respectively. Osimertinib overcomes T790M-mediated resistance to EGFR inhibitors in lung cancer.
    Osimertinib
  • HY-10201
    Sorafenib 284461-73-0 99.85%
    Sorafenib (Bay 43-9006) is a potent oral active multikinase inhibitor. Sorafenib blocks autophosphorylation and activity of receptor tyrosine kinases (VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3) and RAF family kinases, thereby suppressing the RAF/MEK/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways, inhibiting STAT3 phosphorylation, and selectively inhibiting the MAPK pathway in cancer cells. Sorafenib induces cell cycle arrest, autophagy, apoptosis, and PARP cleavage, reduces Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, cyclin D1 levels, and activates Bak and Bax. Sorafenib inhibits tumor growth and metastasis in mouse and rat models. Sorafenib can be used for cancer research, such as colon, breast, non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ovarian, pancreatic, melanoma, colorectal and hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Sorafenib
  • HY-17386
    Rosiglitazone 122320-73-4 99.94%
    Rosiglitazone (BRL 49653) is an orally active selective PPARγ agonist (EC50: 60 nM, Kd: 40 nM), with blood-brain barrier permeability. Rosiglitazone is an TRPC5 activator (EC50: 30 μM) and TRPM3 inhibitor. Rosiglitazone can be used in the research of obesity and diabetes, senescence, ovarian cancer.
    Rosiglitazone
  • HY-18085
    Quercetin 117-39-5 99.80%
    Quercetin, a natural flavonoid, is a stimulator of recombinant SIRT1 and also a PI3K inhibitor with IC50 of 2.4 μM, 3.0 μM and 5.4 μM for PI3K γ, PI3K δ and PI3K β, respectively.
    Quercetin
  • HY-13818
    Stattic 19983-44-9 99.96%
    Stattic is a potent STAT3 inhibitor and inhibits STAT3 phosphorylation (at Y705 and S727). Stattic inhibits the binding of a high affinity phosphopeptide for the SH2 domain of STAT3. Stattic ameliorates the renal dysfunction in Alport syndrome (AS) mice.
    Stattic
  • HY-10256
    Adezmapimod 152121-47-6 99.91%
    Adezmapimod (SB 203580) is a selective and ATP-competitive p38 MAPK inhibitor with IC50s of 50 nM and 500 nM for SAPK2a/p38 and SAPK2b/p38β2, respectively. Adezmapimod inhibits LCK, GSK3β and PKBα with IC50s of 100-500-fold higher than that for SAPK2a/p38. Adezmapimod can inhibit p38 MAPK and lead to the inhibition of downstream HSP27 phosphorylation. Adezmapimod does not disrupt JNK activity and is an autophagy and mitophagy activator.
    Adezmapimod
  • HY-12041
    SP600125 129-56-6 99.55%
    SP600125 is an orally active, reversible, and ATP-competitive JNK inhibitor with IC50s of 40, 40 and 90 nM for JNK1, JNK2 and JNK3, respectively. SP600125 is a potent ferroptosis inhibitor. SP600125 induces the transformation of bladder cancer cells from autophagy to apoptosis.
    SP600125