Ketone body utilization decreases when blood flow to the heart is reduced
(A) Ketone bodies (acetoacetic acid, β hydroxybutyric acid) are typically decomposed into acetyl CoA in the mitochondria and become energy ...
Tag: Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases
Effects of linoleic acid on inflammatory response depend on genes
The effects of linoleic acid on the human body are largely dependent on genes, a new study from the University ...
Real-time detection of cholesterol in liver-on-chip cultures of human liver cells
Credit: Author In a paper to be published in the September/December 2019 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a team of researchers from ...
VAT fat may cause pathogenic obesity
An evolutionarily advantageous process goes awry Type-2 (adult-onset) diabetes and other diseases related to the obesity epidemic depend on how ...
Risk factors for obesity may differ for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white babies
New research suggests that a targeted and personalized approach would help tackle obesity in at-risk populations The factors that put ...
New data emphasize importance of avoiding hypoglycemic glucose levels in type 1 diabetes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 9, 2019--Researchers have shown that measures of biochemical hypoglycemia in ...
Couples intervention may help partners of patients with diabetes
A new Diabetic Medicine study reveals that couples interventions may have beneficial effects for partners of individuals with type 2 ...
Does PTSD affect heart disease and cancer risk?
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as the metabolic syndrome, in a new ...
Maternal programming during pregnancy induces long-term postpartum obesity
In mouse study, researchers find it's not the added calories but the long-term reduction in energy expended During normal pregnancy, ...
Saving sight: Using AI to diagnose diabetic eye disease
Researchers use artificial intelligence to support instant diagnosis of a top cause of blindness, diabetes-related eye diseaseCredit: RMIT University Researchers ...
New key mechanism of epileptic seizures revealed
Russian scientists investigated the changes in the temporal lobe cortex of a rat brain during prolonged epileptic seizures. Despite the ...
Anxiety-depressive disorder changes brain genes activity
Russian neuroscientists discovered that anxiety-depressive disorder in mice is associated with impaired energy metabolism in the brain. The obtained data ...
Yeast makes ethanol to prevent metabolic overload
Credit: University of Groningen Why do some yeast cells produce ethanol? Scientists have wondered about this apparent waste of resources ...
Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future
Researchers have found that neighbour-cells can take over functions of damaged or missing insulin-producing cells; the discovery may lead to ...
Egg metabolites in blood related to lower risk of type 2 diabetes
Consumption of one egg every day seems to associate with a blood metabolite profile that is related to a lower ...
Fruit flies help to shed light on the evolution of metabolism
Diet choice of animal species is highly variable. Some are specialists feeding only on one food source, such as a ...
Study looking to prevent type 1 diabetes follows children into adolescence
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 3, 2019) - Scientists are narrowing in on checklists of ...
Study sheds light on the function of a long-mysterious PCSK9 mutation
Results build on developing model of new druggable PCSK9 interactor High levels of low-density lipoproteins, parcels of lipids and protein ...
Canagliflozin not associated with increased risk for fracture
1. Canagliflozin not associated with increased risk for fracture Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-0567 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-3550 URLs go live when the embargo lifts ...
Study shows high cholesterol levels after Christmas
Danes' cholesterol levels high after Christmas Large quantities of rich Christmas food appear to boost Danes' cholesterol levels. Right after ...