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BSI researchers discover protein that guards against prostate cancer, fatty liver disease, diabetes
April 30, 2021 at 9:58am
FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute researchers investigating a protein they hoped would be a tumor suppressor instead discovered it was responsible for protecting people from so much more.
It turns out Inositol Polyphosphate-4-Phosphatase Type II B, or INPP4B, protects obese mice and people from developing fatty liver disease, Type 2 diabetes and prostate neoplasia.
According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics, 42.4 percent of adults in the U.S. are obese and adults 40 to 59 years old were more likely to be obese. The problem is especially dire for non-Hispanic Black adults, followed by Hispanic adults and non-Hispanic White adults.