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SUBMITTER: Chagwedera DN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687538 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chagwedera D Nyasha DN Ang Qi Yan QY Bisanz Jordan E JE Leong Yew Ann YA Ganeshan Kirthana K Cai Jingwei J Patterson Andrew D AD Turnbaugh Peter J PJ Chawla Ajay A
Cell metabolism 20190523 2
Microbial dysbiosis and inflammation are implicated in diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance. However, it is not known whether crosstalk between immunity and microbiota also regulates metabolic homeostasis in healthy animals. Here, we report that genetic deletion of tuberous sclerosis 1 (Tsc1) in CD11c<sup>+</sup> myeloid cells (Tsc1<sup>f/f</sup>CD11c<sup>Cre</sup> mice) reduced food intake and body mass in the absence of metabolic disease. Co-housing and fecal transplant experiments reve ...[more]