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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3466591 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yuan Y Xie Yang Y Berglund Eric D ED Coate Katie Colbert KC He Tian Teng TT Katafuchi Takeshi T Xiao Guanghua G Potthoff Matthew J MJ Wei Wei W Wan Yihong Y Yu Ruth T RT Evans Ronald M RM Kliewer Steven A SA Mangelsdorf David J DJ
eLife 20121015
Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) is a hormone secreted by the liver during fasting that elicits diverse aspects of the adaptive starvation response. Among its effects, FGF21 induces hepatic fatty acid oxidation and ketogenesis, increases insulin sensitivity, blocks somatic growth and causes bone loss. Here we show that transgenic overexpression of FGF21 markedly extends lifespan in mice without reducing food intake or affecting markers of NAD+ metabolism or AMP kinase and mTOR signaling. Tran ...[more]