Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Adipose-targeted triiodothyronine therapy counteracts obesity-related metabolic complications and atherosclerosis with negligible side effects

  • Kang Chen,
  • Lai Yee Cheong,
  • Yuan Gao,
  • Yaming Zhang,
  • Tianshi Feng,
  • Qin Wang,
  • Leigang Jin,
  • Eric Honoré,
  • Karen S. L. Lam,
  • Weiping Wang,
  • Xiaoyan Hui,
  • Aimin Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35470-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Although thyroid hormone (TH) has anti-obesity potential, systemic administration of TH causes severe adverse effects without obvious weight loss. Here, the authors show that adipose tissue-targeted delivery of TH with liposomes is a safe and efficient strategy to treat obesity and its related complications in mice.