In adult HFD-fed mice, cytosolic delivery of mtRNA into the inguinal adipose tissue depot, combined with Vit-D3 treatment, reduced Irf7 levels (and not Irf3 levels) and increased beige adipocyte content (Fig. 5h and Extended Data Fig. 7a), alleviated obesity and adipocyte inflammation and increased mitochondrial mass, thermogenesis and energy expenditure (Fig. 5h–j and Extended Data Figs. 7b,c and 8). This evidence concerns the gene IRF7 and obesity disorder.