The gut microbiota plays an important role for the absorption of nutrients and the maintenance of metabolism, potentially impacting the development of human metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Krisko et al. (2020) demonstrate that the gut microbiota regulates glucose homeostasis solely via hepatic gluconeogenesis and not via thermogenic adipose tissue as suggested previously.

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肠道微生物控制血糖：无需燃烧！

肠道菌群在吸收营养和维持新陈代谢方面起着重要作用，可能影响人类新陈代谢疾病的发展，例如肥胖症和2型糖尿病。在本期《细胞代谢》一书中，Krisko等人。（2020）证明肠道菌群仅通过肝糖异生作用而不是通过产热脂肪组织调节葡萄糖稳态。