Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Bacterial PncA improves diet-induced NAFLD in mice by enabling the transition from nicotinamide to nicotinic acid

  • Shengyu Feng,
  • Liuling Guo,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Shanshan Yang,
  • Hailiang Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04613-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Bacterial nicotinamidase/pyrazinamidase PncA increases host nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) levels and ameliorates diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice.