Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Hepatic HuR modulates lipid homeostasis in response to high-fat diet

  • Zhuojun Zhang,
  • Chen Zong,
  • Mingyang Jiang,
  • Han Hu,
  • Xiaolei Cheng,
  • Juhua Ni,
  • Xia Yi,
  • Bin Jiang,
  • Feng Tian,
  • Ming-Wen Chang,
  • Wen Su,
  • Lijun Zhu,
  • Jinfan Li,
  • Xueping Xiang,
  • Congxiu Miao,
  • Myriam Gorospe,
  • Rafael de Cabo,
  • Yali Dou,
  • Zhenyu Ju,
  • Jichun Yang,
  • Changtao Jiang,
  • Zhongzhou Yang,
  • Wengong Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16918-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Human antigen R (HuR) is a RNA binding protein involved in the regulation of many cellular functions. Here the authors show that, hepatocyte specific deletion of HuR exacerbates high-fat diet-induced NAFLD in mice by regulating transcripts involved in lipid transport and ATP synthesis.