Ironing out obesity

Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Apr 9:S1043-2760(24)00084-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2024.04.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTObesity is associated with dysfunctions in hypothalamic neurons that regulate metabolism, including agouti-related protein (AgRP)-expressing neurons. In a recent article, Zhang et al. demonstrated that either diet- or genetically induced obesity promoted iron accumulation specifically in AgRP neurons. Preventing iron overload in AgRP neurons mitigated diet-induced obesity and related comorbidities in male mice.PMID:38599900 | DOI:10.1016/j.tem.2024.04.001
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