News tagged with protein phosphorylation
Immune cells can be altered to help fight inflammatory diseases, research finds
(Medical Xpress)—A fundamental mechanism controlling cells of the human immune system could be key to helping fight inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, new research at the University of Dundee ...
Inflammatory disorders
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Giant raft of data to help us understand disease
Scientists at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the University of Copenhagen have used a new method to assemble a massive catalogue of data on proteins. This gives them unprecedented insight into ...
Medical research
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Molecular 'on-off' switch for Parkinson's disease discovered
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee have discovered a new molecular switch that acts to protect the brain from developing Parkinson's ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
May 23, 2012 |
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Researchers identify drivers of sarcoma growth and survival
To better understand the signaling pathways active in sarcomas, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center used state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based proteomics to characterize a family of protein enzymes that act as "on" or ...
Cancer
May 02, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists discover key protein responsible for controlling nerve cell protection
A key protein, which may be activated to protect nerve cells from damage during heart failure or epileptic seizure, has been found to regulate the transfer of information between nerve cells in the brain. The discovery, made ...
Neuroscience
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Metal binding important for metformin action
(HealthDay) -- The ability of metformin to bind mitochondrial copper may be essential to its mechanism of action, according to a study published online April 9 in Diabetes.
Diabetes
Apr 14, 2012 |
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Signaling to chromatin
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in collaboration with their colleagues from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the ETH ...
Genetics
Jan 03, 2012 |
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New study uncovers how brain cells degrade dangerous protein aggregates
Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) have discovered a key mechanism responsible for selectively degrading aggregates of ubiquitinated proteins from the cell. Their findings indicate that ...
Medical research
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Progression of lung fibrosis blocked in mouse model
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine may lead to a way to prevent the progression, or induce the regression, of lung injury that results from use of the anti-cancer chemotherapy ...
Medical research
Oct 05, 2011 |
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