Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

The necroptosis-inducing kinase RIPK3 dampens adipose tissue inflammation and glucose intolerance

  • Jérémie Gautheron,
  • Mihael Vucur,
  • Anne T. Schneider,
  • Ilenia Severi,
  • Christoph Roderburg,
  • Sanchari Roy,
  • Matthias Bartneck,
  • Peter Schrammen,
  • Mauricio Berriel Diaz,
  • Josef Ehling,
  • Felix Gremse,
  • Felix Heymann,
  • Christiane Koppe,
  • Twan Lammers,
  • Fabian Kiessling,
  • Niels Van Best,
  • Oliver Pabst,
  • Gilles Courtois,
  • Andreas Linkermann,
  • Stefan Krautwald,
  • Ulf P. Neumann,
  • Frank Tacke,
  • Christian Trautwein,
  • Douglas R. Green,
  • Thomas Longerich,
  • Norbert Frey,
  • Mark Luedde,
  • Matthias Bluher,
  • Stephan Herzig,
  • Mathias Heikenwalder,
  • Tom Luedde

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11869
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The kinase RIPK3 initiates necroptosis, which has been reported to promote inflammation in various pathological conditions. Here, the authors show that genetic ablation of Ripk3results in adipocyte apoptosis and white adipose tissue inflammation in obese mice, which promotes glucose intolerance.