News tagged with metabolic inflammation
Insulin, nutrition prevent blood stem cell differentiation in fruit flies
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells in Drosophila, the common fruit fly, a finding that has implications for studying inflammatory ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Knocking out key protein in mice boosts insulin sensitivity
By knocking out a key regulatory protein, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland dramatically boosted ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Substance in iron metabolism displays life-saving potential for inflammatory diseases
In a surprising discovery that someday may lead to new treatments for many inflammatory diseases, University of Utah scientists found that a hormone involved in iron metabolism can save mice from deadly acute inflammation.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 07, 2010 |
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A molecule that destroys normal metabolism is found
Overeating in mice triggers a molecule once considered to be only involved in detecting and fighting viruses to also destroy normal metabolism, leading to insulin resistance and setting the stage for diabetes. ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Hungry immune guardians are snappier
German researchers have discovered an elementary mechanism which regulates vital immune functions in healthy people. In situations of hunger which mean stress for the body's cells, the body releases more antimicrobial ...
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Study shows how gene action may lead to diabetes prevention, cure
A gene commonly studied by cancer researchers has been linked to the metabolic inflammation that leads to diabetes.
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes
Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 24, 2009 |
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From fat to chronic inflammation
Researchers may have found a key ingredient in the recipe that leads from obesity to chronic low-grade inflammation, according to a report in the September issue of Cell Metabolism.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Researchers identify how stressed fat tissue malfunctions
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in a collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leipzig, Germany, have identified a signaling pathway that is operational in intra-abdominal fat, the fat depot ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Vitamin D may exacerbate autoimmune disease
Deficiency in vitamin D has been widely regarded as contributing to autoimmune disease, but a review appearing in Autoimmunity Reviews explains that low levels of vitamin D in patients with autoimmune disease may be a resu ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 08, 2009 |
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