lipid metabolism Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Brain sphingolipid metabolism is closely involved in Gaucher disease

July 19, 2022 Gaucher disease, glia, glucosylceramide, lipid metabolism, lysosomes, neurodegenerative disease, neurons, Parkinson's Disease, Research, sphingolipid

Disruption of sphingolipid metabolism led to neurodegeneration in animal models, revealing a new molecular path to Gaucher’s disease.

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Patient-inspired research connects sugar metabolism and peroxisomes

September 28, 2017 lipid metabolism, peroxisomal biogenesis, Peroxisomal disease, peroxisomes, PEX genes, Rare Diseases, sugar metabolism, Zellweger disease

Peroxisomal biogenesis disorder is a condition that has been linked only to lipid metabolism. This line of thought has now changed as new research has

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Timing exercise with muscle fuel switching could help you lose weight

February 28, 2017 circadiam rhythm, circadian rhythm, Diabetes, exercise endurance, gucose metabolism, HDAC3, lipid metabolism, Muscle fuel switch

Skeletal muscles change their fuel preference according to a circadian rhythm. Mouse muscles, for instance, use glucose as fuel when the animals are awake and

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New oncogene MNX1 contributes to higher incidence of prostate cancer among African American men

October 12, 2016 African American men, AKT, lipid metabolism, oncogene MNX1, Prostate Cancer, testosterone

Genetic factors can explain, at last in part, the higher incidence of prostate cancer among African American men compared with men of other ethnic groups.