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Hui-Ying Lim

The heart has emerged as an important tissue in the maintenance of whole-body lipid metabolism. Our lab is investigating a previously-unrecognized Snail transcription factor‒Tep2 axis in the Drosophila heart that signals remotely to TGFβ signaling in the fat body (mammalian adipose tissue) to regulate systemic lipid homeostasis.