A team of researchers from several institutions in Iceland and the U.S. has conducted a unique blood serum investigation and discovered multiple protein networks that are involved in the aging process. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study and what they found. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Prior research has shown that when older mice have...
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Finnish scientists analyzed the proteome of T helper 17 cells
UNIVERSITY OF TURKU T helper 17 (Th17) cells belong to a group of T cells with essential functions in autoimmune diseases and inflammation. Regulatory T cells (iTregs) are T cells with a suppressive function to maintain self-tolerance and prevent autoimmune responses. Researchers from Turku Centre for Biotechnology and Aalto University together utilized the advanced technology called label-free...
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A protein activated by nicotine provides insight into how fat cells burn energy
Weight gain has often been noted as a side effect of quitting smoking, and research has well established that nicotine can function as an appetite suppressant. A new study has now uncovered a novel mechanism showing how nicotine directly activates a protein that signals a type of fat cell to start burning energy. Beige fat cells have...
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Cell Droplets Proteins and RNA aggregate into “membraneless organelles” due to liquid-liquid phase separation
Proteins gather and separate into droplets in the nucleus of a HeLa cell.T NOTT ET AL. Phase separation—the process of converting a solution into its constituent liquids—may explain how living cells keep the molecules within them apart. When a group of protein or RNA molecules gathers together in a high enough concentration, physical forces can...
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