Nature Communications (May 2020)
Estrogen receptor-α expressing neurons in the ventrolateral VMH regulate glucose balance
- Yanlin He,
- Pingwen Xu,
- Chunmei Wang,
- Yan Xia,
- Meng Yu,
- Yongjie Yang,
- Kaifan Yu,
- Xing Cai,
- Na Qu,
- Kenji Saito,
- Julia Wang,
- Ilirjana Hyseni,
- Matthew Robertson,
- Badrajee Piyarathna,
- Min Gao,
- Sohaib A. Khan,
- Feng Liu,
- Rui Chen,
- Cristian Coarfa,
- Zhongming Zhao,
- Qingchun Tong,
- Zheng Sun,
- Yong Xu
Affiliations
- Yanlin He
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Pingwen Xu
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Chunmei Wang
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Yan Xia
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Meng Yu
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Yongjie Yang
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Kaifan Yu
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Xing Cai
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Na Qu
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Kenji Saito
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Julia Wang
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Ilirjana Hyseni
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Matthew Robertson
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Badrajee Piyarathna
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Min Gao
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Sohaib A. Khan
- Department of Cell and Cancer Biology, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
- Feng Liu
- Departments of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health at San Antonio
- Rui Chen
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
- Cristian Coarfa
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Zhongming Zhao
- Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Qingchun Tong
- Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Zheng Sun
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Yong Xu
- Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15982-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Glucose-sensing neurons are found in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH). Here the authors identify the role of estrogen receptor-α expressing neurons in the ventrolateral subdivision of the VMH in sensing hypoglycemia.
