Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

An FGF15/19-TFEB regulatory loop controls hepatic cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis

  • Yifeng Wang,
  • Sumedha Gunewardena,
  • Feng Li,
  • David J. Matye,
  • Cheng Chen,
  • Xiaojuan Chao,
  • Taeyoon Jung,
  • Yuxia Zhang,
  • Maciej Czerwiński,
  • Hong-Min Ni,
  • Wen-Xing Ding,
  • Tiangang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17363-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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TFEB is a transcriptional regulator of lysosomal biogenesis, activated upon starvation or lysosomal stress. Here the authors report that TFEB regulates hepatic bile acid synthesis downstream of FGF19 signaling.