Breast cancer metastasis remains the leading cause of mortality in patients,yet its mechanisms are poorly understood.A recent Cell paper highlights the pivotal role of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9...
the National Center for Protein Sciences at Peking University in Beijing,China;supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81925022,T2288102,and 32227802);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3400600);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Z20J00059 and 7244366);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(PKU2024XGK011);supported by the New Cornerstone Science Foundation;the High-performance Computing Platform of Peking University.
Glucose-stimulated insulin release from pancreaticβ-cells is critical for maintaining blood glucose homeostasis.An abrupt increase in blood glucose concentration evokes a rapid and transient rise in insulin secretion...
supported by grants to S.C.L.from the Swee Liew-Wadsworth Endowment fund,National University of Singapore(NUS),Ministry of Education(MOE-T2EP30220-0014),Singapore;the National Research Foundation(NRF-ISF003-3221),Singapore;grants to H.M.S.from University of Macao(CPG2023-0032FHS and UM-MYRG2020-00022-FHS);Macao Science and Technology Development Fund(FDCT0078/2020/A2,FDCT0031/2021/A1,FDCT0081/2022/AMJ,and FDCT 0004/2021/AKP);supported by the NUS Graduate School Research Scholarships.
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(G6PD)is the rate-limiting enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway(PPP)in glycolysis.Glucose metabolism is closely implicated in the regulation of mitophagy,a selective form of autopha...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271334,32100945,and 81871228);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0506900 and 2018YFA0800301);Shanghai Basic Research Field Project“Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan”(21JC1400400);the Lingang Laboratory(LG-QS-202204-06);the High-Level Medicine Foundation of Shanghai Government(to P.L.);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2017SHZDZX01).
Abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA)is strongly correlated with obesity,partially due to the abnormal expansion of abdominal perivascular adipose tissue(PVAT).Cell death-inducing DNA fragmentation factor-like effector C(CID...
supported by the grants K01-AT010348(National Institutes of Health-National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health);the University of South Carolina Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence(ASPIRE)to R.T.E.
Dear Editor,Assessing insulin responsiveness is crucial for understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms that contribute to disruptions in glucose metabolism.In preclinical research,glucose tolerance tests(GTTs)a...
supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFA0800700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(92057207,32021003,92254308,92357303,323B1015,and 32271223);the 111 Project of China(B16036);the Key Research and Development Program of Hubei province(2019CFA067);Wuhan City(2020020601012211).
Lipoprotein lipase(LPL)mediates peripheral tissue triglyceride(TG)uptake.Hepatic ANGPTL3(A3)and ANGPTL8(A8)form a complex and inhibit LPL activity in the white adipose tissue(WAT)via systematic circulation.ANGPTL4(A4)...
John R Speakman is an internationally renowned scholar and authority in the field of energy metabolism.He has published>500 articles in Science,Nature,Cell Metabolism,and other journals,and has been cited>17000 times....
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFA0806503);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81972625 and 32201217);Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program(XLYC2002035);Liaoning Science and Technology Innovation Funding(20230101-JH2/1013);the Innovation Program of Science and Research from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(DICP I202129 and DICP I202209);the Science and Technology Innovation Fund(Youth Science and Technology Star)of Dalian(2021RQ009 and 2023RQ040).
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease(MASLD)is a metabolic disease that can progress to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis(MASH),cirrhosis,and cancer.The zonal distribution of biomolec...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC-ISF 32061143020 to M.Q.D.,31925026 to F.S.,and 31501160 to X.X.L.);the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(institutional grants to NIBS,Beijing,a fund of the National High-Level Talents Special Support Program to M.Q.D.);Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission(institutional grants to NIBS,Beijing and a fund for cultivation and development of innovation base to M.Q.D.).
Vitellogenins(VITs)are the most abundant proteins in adult hermaphrodite Caenorhabditis elegans.VITs are synthesized in the intes-tine,secreted to the pseudocoelom,matured into yolk proteins,and finally deposited in o...