FoxO1: mute for a tuned metabolism?

Trends Endocrinol Metab

Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: August 2015

The transcription factor forkhead box O1 (FoxO1) plays pleiotropic roles in insulin-mediated glucose and lipid metabolism. In the liver, glucose production is finely controlled by insulin signaling that dampens FoxO1. Two recent studies show that silencing of FoxO1 is also essential for extra-hepatic insulin signaling to maintain glucose homeostasis.

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