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Missing protein keeps mice slim, even on a high-fat diet
Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice developed obesity.
New Atlas22d
New weight loss mechanism blocks formation of white fat cells in mice
Blocking a protein called CD44 has been shown to protect against obesity in mice on a high-fat diet, specifically by suppressing the formation of white fat cells.
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Variant-Specific Interactions at the Plasma Membrane: Heparan Sulfate’s Impact on SARS-CoV-2 Binding Kinetics
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR ...
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Fabricating N-Cadherin Mimetic Peptide-Based Diverse Self-Assembled Hydrogels in the Presence of Biologically Relevant Cations
The Supporting Information is available free of charge at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01579. LC–MS analysis data, optical images of the cations ...
The Lancet10d
The intestinal barrier: a pivotal role in health, inflammation, and cancer
aMedical Clinic 1, Department of Gastroenterology, Ludwig Demling Endoscopy Center of Excellence, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany ...
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Study identifies key protein in progression of glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor
The group then studied the interaction of prion with the CD44 protein, a well-known cancer stem cell marker involved in the collective invasion of breast and colon cancers. “We recently discovered ...