Article
Male Marfan mice are predisposed to high-fat diet-induced obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Aug 2022
Tiedemann Kerstin, Muthu Muthu L, Reinhardt Dieter P, Komarova Svetlana V
Abstract excerpt
Gene mutations in the extracellular matrix protein fibrillin-1 cause connective tissue disorders including Marfan syndrome (MFS) with clinical symptoms in the cardiovascular, skeletal, and ocular systems. Patients with MFS also exhibit alterations in adipose tissues, which in some individuals leads to lipodystrophy, whereas in others to obesity. We have recently demonstrated that fibrillin-1 regulates adipose...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
