The E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Trim31 alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by targeting Rhbdf2 in mouse hepatocytes

oleh: Minxuan Xu, Jun Tan, Wei Dong, Benkui Zou, Xuepeng Teng, Liancai Zhu, Chenxu Ge, Xianling Dai, Qin Kuang, Shaoyu Zhong, Lili Lai, Chao Yi, Tingting Tang, Junjie Zhao, Longyan Wang, Jin Liu, Hao Wei, Yan Sun, Qiufeng Yang, Qiang Li, Deshuai Lou, Linfeng Hu, Xi Liu, Gang Kuang, Jing Luo, Mingxin Xiong, Jing Feng, Chufeng Zhang, Bochu Wang

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01

Deskripsi

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic liver disease with complex disease mechanisms. Here the authors report that the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Trim31 mitigates development of NASH via inhibition of rhomboid 5 homolog 2 (Rhbdf2) in mice.