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Silencing hepatic MCJ attenuates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by increasing mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation

Authors :
Lucía Barbier-Torres
Karen A. Fortner
Paula Iruzubieta
Teresa C. Delgado
Emily Giddings
Youdinghuan Chen
Devin Champagne
David Fernández-Ramos
Daniela Mestre
Beatriz Gomez-Santos
Marta Varela-Rey
Virginia Gutiérrez de Juan
Pablo Fernández-Tussy
Imanol Zubiete-Franco
Carmelo García-Monzón
Águeda González-Rodríguez
Dhaval Oza
Felipe Valença-Pereira
Qian Fang
Javier Crespo
Patricia Aspichueta
Frederic Tremblay
Brock C. Christensen
Juan Anguita
María Luz Martínez-Chantar
Mercedes Rincón
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) disease causes degeneration of the liver, affects about 25% of people globally, and has no approved treatment. Here, the authors show that the therapeutic siRNA-driven silencing of MCJ in the liver is an effective and safe treatment for NAFLD in multiple mouse models.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f4585c15ec8641c2ad4a105f86c1a9ca
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16991-2