Beneficial gut microbes and the body work together to fine-tune fat metabolism and cholesterol levels, according to a new ...

The endogenous pathway involves the liver synthesizing ... reductase (which controls the rate of cholesterol synthesis), suppressing the synthesis of new LDL receptors in the cells, and activating ...

Researchers from the University of Leicester, working with international collaborators, have unraveled a key mechanism by ...

The authors present an introduction to the basics of lipid metabolism including an overview of the structure and function of lipoproteins and a description of the pathways of lipid metabolism.

Tongue cancer (TC) cells can enter a chemo-resistant state by activating pathways related to autophagy and cholesterol synthesis, report researchers. Using a large-scale library of TC organoids they ...

This is a useful study that adds new data to how different DAG pools influence cellular signaling, and dissects how the enzyme Dip2 modulates the minor lipid signaling DAG pool, which is distinct from ...