title: A new role for a metabolic star: AMP-activated protein kinase stimulates fat absorption.
abstract: AMPK is a kinase involved in cell energy homeostasis. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Chopra and colleagues (2011) reveal a new function of AMPK in stimulating fat absorption. AMPK enhances the expression of the bile acid transporter, BSEP, by activating the coactivator SRC-2, thus promoting bile acid secretion.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Centre de Recherches des Cordeliers, UMR-S 872, 75006 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferré
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Foufelle