Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Pharmacological inhibition of Lin28 promotes ketogenesis and restores lipid homeostasis in models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Evangelia Lekka,
  • Aleksandra Kokanovic,
  • Simone Mosole,
  • Gianluca Civenni,
  • Sandro Schmidli,
  • Artur Laski,
  • Alice Ghidini,
  • Pavithra Iyer,
  • Christian Berk,
  • Alok Behera,
  • Carlo V. Catapano,
  • Jonathan Hall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35481-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The Lin28/let-7 axis regulates metabolic pathways in normal and pathological contexts. Here the authors show that pharmacological inhibition of Lin28 protects against lipid accumulation in multiple preclinical models of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.