Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Antimicrobial protein REG3A regulates glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance in obese diabetic mice

  • Patrick Gonzalez,
  • Alexandre Dos Santos,
  • Marion Darnaud,
  • Nicolas Moniaux,
  • Delphine Rapoud,
  • Claire Lacoste,
  • Tung-Son Nguyen,
  • Valentine S. Moullé,
  • Alice Deshayes,
  • Gilles Amouyal,
  • Paul Amouyal,
  • Christian Bréchot,
  • Céline Cruciani-Guglielmacci,
  • Fabrizio Andréelli,
  • Christophe Magnan,
  • Jamila Faivre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04616-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

Read online

Antimicrobial protein REG3A improved insulin sensitivity by combating oxidative stress and activating AMPK in skeletal muscle in HFD-induced obese mice overexpressing human REG3A in the liver.