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Store Fat or Burn It? Targeting a Single Protein Flips the Switch
As obesity becomes a growing issue worldwide – nearly tripling over the last-half century – scientists are trying to gain a better understanding of the condition at the molecular level. Now, new research led by UC San Francisco scientists suggests that a single protein could play an outsized role in weight gain.
As reported in
Nature Metabolism on Feb. 18, 2021, UCSF’s Davide Ruggero, PhD, and colleagues found that mice in which activity of a protein called eIF4E is diminished, either genetically or pharmaceutically, gain only half the weight of other mice, even if all the mice eat a high-fat diet.
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As obesity becomes a growing issue worldwide nearly tripling over the last-half century scientists are trying to gain a better understanding of the condition at the molecular level. Now, new research led by UC San Francisco scientists suggests that a single protein could play an outsized role in weight gain.
As reported in Nature Metabolism on Feb. 18, 2021, UCSF’s Davide Ruggero, Ph.D., and colleagues found that mice in which activity of a protein called eIF4E is diminished, either genetically or pharmaceutically, gain only half the weight of other mice, even if all the mice eat a high-fat diet.
Protein Flips Switch between Burning and Storing Fat, Highlights Potential Obesity Target genengnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from genengnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.