TGR5 signalling promotes mitochondrial fission and beige remodelling of white adipose tissue

White adipose tissue can undergo a process of beiging and acquire functional characteristics similar to brown adipose tissue, including the ability to dissipate energy via uncoupled respiration. Here, Velazquez-Villegas et al. show that activation of the bile acid membrane receptor, TGR5, leads to w...

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Main Authors: Laura A. Velazquez-Villegas, Alessia Perino, Vera Lemos, Marika Zietak, Mitsunori Nomura, Thijs Willem Hendrik Pols, Kristina Schoonjans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02068-0