Macrovesicular steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a consequence of purine nucleotide cycle driven fumarate accumulation
M. C. Sinton, B. Lucendo Villarin, J. Meseguer Ripolles, S. Wernig-Zorc, J. P. Thomson, P. D. Walker, A. Thakker, G. G. Lavery, C. Ludwig, D. A. Tennant, D. C. Hay, A. J. Drake
This study identifies fumarate accumulation driven by purine nucleotide cycle activity as a cause of macrovesicular steatosis in NAFLD using human pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2020Biochemistry