Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Differential IL18 signaling via IL18 receptor and Na-Cl co-transporter discriminating thermogenesis and glucose metabolism regulation

  • Xian Zhang,
  • Songyuan Luo,
  • Minjie Wang,
  • Qiongqiong Cao,
  • Zhixin Zhang,
  • Qin Huang,
  • Jie Li,
  • Zhiyong Deng,
  • Tianxiao Liu,
  • Cong-Lin Liu,
  • Mathilde Meppen,
  • Amelie Vromman,
  • Richard A. Flavell,
  • Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Peter Libby,
  • Zhangsuo Liu,
  • Guo-Ping Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35256-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Interleukin-18 (IL18) has a pivotal role in interferon signalling and T cell development, but increasingly recognized as an adipokine that regulates energy metabolism in fat tissue. Authors here dissect the function of IL18 signalling in the adipose compartment by targeted genomic deletion of its two receptors individually and in combination in brown and white adipose tissues.