Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Hepatic Sdf2l1 controls feeding-induced ER stress and regulates metabolism

  • Takayoshi Sasako,
  • Mitsuru Ohsugi,
  • Naoto Kubota,
  • Shinsuke Itoh,
  • Yukiko Okazaki,
  • Ai Terai,
  • Tetsuya Kubota,
  • Satoshi Yamashita,
  • Kunio Nakatsukasa,
  • Takumi Kamura,
  • Kaito Iwayama,
  • Kumpei Tokuyama,
  • Hiroshi Kiyonari,
  • Yasuhide Furuta,
  • Junji Shibahara,
  • Masashi Fukayama,
  • Kenichiro Enooku,
  • Kazuya Okushin,
  • Takeya Tsutsumi,
  • Ryosuke Tateishi,
  • Kazuyuki Tobe,
  • Hiroshi Asahara,
  • Kazuhiko Koike,
  • Takashi Kadowaki,
  • Kohjiro Ueki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08591-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been proposed to play a role in metabolic diseases. Here, Sasako and colleagues identify stromal cell-derived factor 2 like 1 (Sdf2l1) as a regulator of the ER stress response to feeding in the liver, and suggest that its downregulation may promote diabetes and hepatic steatosis in humans.