title: Periostin: a new extracellular regulator of obesity-induced hepatosteatosis.
abstract: Periostin is a crucial extracellular remodeling factor in the inflammatory and tumor microenvironments, but its function in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease remains unclear. Lu et al. (2014) now demonstrate that periostin is a critical player in the regulation of hepatic triglyceride homeostasis and the development of obesity-induced hepatosteatosis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
authors.forename: Tiantian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
authors.forename: Shasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: oygldz@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Gaoliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ouyang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D047493:PPAR alpha