Unknown actor in adipose tissue metabolism hiding in plain sight [Immunology and Inflammation]

In PNAS Eom et al. (1) report that viperin (virus-inhibitory protein, endoplasmic reticulum-associated, interferon-inducible), which is best known as a nuclear factor κB-induced protein in macrophages involved in the innate immune response, has a heretofore unknown role in the adipocyte. In this paper, the authors investigate the possibility that viperin,...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Commentaries Source Type: research