Brown adipose tissue is the key depot for glucose clearance in microbiota depleted mice

Gut microbiota deficient mice demonstrate enhanced glucose clearance, but which tissues are responsible for this improvement are still unclear. Here the authors report that brown adipose tissue contributes to the enhanced glucose clearance in gut microbiota depleted mice and that this response is di...

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Main Authors: Min Li, Li Li, Baoguo Li, Catherine Hambly, Guanlin Wang, Yingga Wu, Zengguang Jin, Anyongqi Wang, Chaoqun Niu, Christian Wolfrum, John R. Speakman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24659-8