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- Scientists are worried about a disease called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) because it's becoming more common all over the world.
- They discovered that a protein called BATF helps protect the liver from fat buildup, especially when someone eats a lot of fat.
- The study showed that BATF does this by lowering another protein called PD1, which is linked to fat in the liver, suggesting new ways to help treat NAFLD.
Article Abstract
The rising prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a global health threat that needs to be addressed urgently. Basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor (BATF) is commonly thought to be involved in immunity, but its effect on lipid metabolism is not clear. Here, we investigated the function of BATF in hepatic lipid metabolism. BATF alleviated high-fat diet (HFD)-induced hepatic steatosis and inhibited elevated programmed cell death protein (PD)1 expression induced by HFD. A mechanistic study confirmed that BATF regulated fat accumulation by inhibiting PD1 expression and promoting energy metabolism. PD1 antibodies alleviated hepatic lipid deposition. In conclusion, we identified the regulatory role of BATF in hepatic lipid metabolism and that PD1 is a target for alleviation of NAFLD. This study provides new insights into the relationship between BATF, PD1, and NAFLD.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503959 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88521 | DOI Listing |
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