Prolyl endopeptidase gene disruption attenuates high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice by improving hepatic steatosis and inflammation
Author(s) -
Daixi Jiang,
Jianbin Zhang,
Meng-Ting Li,
ShuangZhe Lin,
Yu-Qin Wang,
Yuanwen Chen,
JianGao Fan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.01.14
Subject(s) - nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , steatosis , endocrinology , medicine , inflammation , lipid metabolism , fatty liver , proinflammatory cytokine , prolyl endopeptidase , adipose tissue , oil red o , biology , biochemistry , enzyme , disease , adipogenesis
Loss of PREP lowers the severity of hepatic steatosis and inflammatory responses in a high-fat diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis model. PREP inhibition may protect against NAFLD.
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