By influencing calcium homeostasis, local protein synthesis and the endoplasmic reticulum, a small protein called Rab10 emerges as a crucial cytoplasmic regulator of neuropeptide secretion.

A Rutgers biochemistry professor explains how omega-6 fatty acids found in Western diets can activate cellular growth ...

The researchers discovered that palmitic acid encouraged cancer cells to spread more easily, while other fatty acids like ...

HealthDay News — Disruptions in amino acid and lipid metabolism may be biomarkers of tardive dyskinesia (TD), according to a study published online February 21 in Schizophrenia Bulletin.

Here we investigated consequences of hepatocyte-specific Pparα deletion, focusing on effects on fatty acid metabolism in NAFLD, ranging from steatosis to steatohepatitis. We report the first evidence ...

Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz 55131, Germany Institute of Infection ...

But what if you could flick a biological switch that would eradicate the plateau and speed up metabolism? Scientists may have just found the key to this – and it was by complete accident.

In the current study, Krainc and his collaborators sought to better understand how CHCHD2 impacts cellular metabolism in ... dopaminergic neurons with lipoic acid and were able to reduce lipid ...

This cover highlights the article Multimodal mechanisms of human centriole engagement and disengagement by Kei K. Ito, Shoji Hata, Daiju Kitagawa and colleagues. The cover image depicts the centriole ...