Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Targeting colonic macrophages improves glycemic control in high-fat diet-induced obesity

  • Theresa V. Rohm,
  • Lena Keller,
  • Angela J. T. Bosch,
  • Shefaa AlAsfoor,
  • Zora Baumann,
  • Amandine Thomas,
  • Sophia J. Wiedemann,
  • Laura Steiger,
  • Elise Dalmas,
  • Josua Wehner,
  • Leila Rachid,
  • Catherine Mooser,
  • Bahtiyar Yilmaz,
  • Nerea Fernandez Trigo,
  • Annaise J. Jauch,
  • Stephan Wueest,
  • Daniel Konrad,
  • Sandrine Henri,
  • Jan H. Niess,
  • Petr Hruz,
  • Stephanie C. Ganal-Vonarburg,
  • Julien Roux,
  • Daniel T. Meier,
  • Claudia Cavelti-Weder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03305-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Expansion of pro-inflammatory macrophages in the colon occurs early after high-fat diet initiation, prior to macrophage accumulation in the adipose tissue, in a microbiome-dependent fashion. Macrophage depletion systemically and/or exclusively in the colon improves glucose metabolism.