Leptin, a hormone derived from adipose tissue, plays a central role in maintaining energy balance and controlling hunger. It sends signals to the brain to suppress food intake and regulate body weight ...
The study provides valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying neurovascular coupling; the authors present solid evidence demonstrating that layer II/III pyramidal neurons can induce ...
Researchers have identified a natural substance, hederagenin, that blocks the NPFFR1 receptor, a protein involved in pain perception in the brain and spinal cord.
The authors studied the development of mesentery borders in the rice coral Montipora, a new experimental system, to complement existing data from the sea anemone Nematostella. They make a solid case ...
This month's cover highlights the article A novel bacterial effector protein mediates ER-LD membrane contacts to regulate host lipid droplets by Stacey D. Gilk, Rajendra Angara and Arif Sadi. The ...
a Department of Research and Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland, b Rotta Research Laboratorium SpA, I-20052 Monza, Italy Dr Christoph Beglinger, Division of ...
Nitric oxide is endogenously released in the airways by nitric oxide synthase. Functionally, two isoforms of this enzyme exist: constitutive and inducible. The former seems to protect airways from ...