Shirong Wang, Lin Zha, Xin Cui, Yu-Te Yeh, Ruochuan Liu, Jia Jing, Huidong Shi, Weiping Chen, John Hanover, Jun Yin, Liqing Yu, Bingzhong Xue, Hang Shi
While extensive investigations have been devoted to the study of genetic pathways related to fatty liver diseases, much less is known about epigenetic mechanisms underlying these disorders. DNA methylation is an epigenetic link between environmental factors (e.g., diets) and complex diseases (e.g., non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). Here, it is aimed to study the role of DNA methylation in the regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism. A dynamic change in the DNA methylome in the liver of high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice is discovered, including a marked increase in DNA methylation at the promoter of Beta-klotho (Klb), a co-receptor for the biological functions of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)15/19 and FGF21...
June 6, 2023: Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)