Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Endothelium-specific depletion of LRP1 improves glucose homeostasis through inducing osteocalcin

  • Hua Mao,
  • Luge Li,
  • Qiying Fan,
  • Aude Angelini,
  • Pradip K. Saha,
  • Cristian Coarfa,
  • Kimal Rajapakshe,
  • Dimuthu Perera,
  • Jizhong Cheng,
  • Huaizhu Wu,
  • Christie M. Ballantyne,
  • Zheng Sun,
  • Liang Xie,
  • Xinchun Pi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25673-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The vascular endothelium contributes to metabolic regulation, however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here the authors show that endothelial low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 regulates glucose homeostasis via osteocalcin expression.