title: MiRs with a sweet tooth.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been found to be critical regulators of metabolic homeostasis. A study in Nature by Trajkovski et al. (2011) shows that the highly related miRNAs miR-103 and miR-107 modulate insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis in obese mice. These miRNAs might represent therapeutic targets to ameliorate obesity-associated insulin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. naar@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Anders M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Näär