Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

CDK6 inhibits white to beige fat transition by suppressing RUNX1

  • Xiaoli Hou,
  • Yongzhao Zhang,
  • Wei Li,
  • Alexander J. Hu,
  • Chi Luo,
  • Wenhui Zhou,
  • Jamie K. Hu,
  • Stefano G. Daniele,
  • Jinfeng Wang,
  • Jinghao Sheng,
  • Yongsheng Fan,
  • Andrew S. Greenberg,
  • Stephen R. Farmer,
  • Miaofen G. Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03451-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Beige adipocytes can arise from transdifferentiation of mature white adipocytes. Here the authors identify CDK6 as a key molecule involved in the white-to-beige adipocyte transdifferentiation and, therefore, as a regulator of organismal energy homeostasis in mice.