Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Gut-associated IgA+ immune cells regulate obesity-related insulin resistance

  • Helen Luck,
  • Saad Khan,
  • Justin H. Kim,
  • Julia K. Copeland,
  • Xavier S. Revelo,
  • Sue Tsai,
  • Mainak Chakraborty,
  • Kathleen Cheng,
  • Yi Tao Chan,
  • Mark K. Nøhr,
  • Xavier Clemente-Casares,
  • Marie-Christine Perry,
  • Magar Ghazarian,
  • Helena Lei,
  • Yi-Hsuan Lin,
  • Bryan Coburn,
  • Allan Okrainec,
  • Timothy Jackson,
  • Susan Poutanen,
  • Herbert Gaisano,
  • Johane P. Allard,
  • David S. Guttman,
  • Margaret E. Conner,
  • Shawn Winer,
  • Daniel A. Winer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11370-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The effect of diet-induced obesity on intestinal B cell populations is not well understood despite emerging evidence of a critical role for the intestinal immune system in contributing to insulin resistance. Here, the authors show important functions of IgA in regulating metabolic disease and for intestinal immunity in modulating systemic glucose metabolism.