Sentences with phrase «by our fat cells called»

One focus in this area involves a hormone released by our fat cells called adiponectin.

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The popular brew is filled with compounds called catechins that blast belly flab by triggering the release of fat from fat cells, then speeding the liver's capacity for turning that fat into energy.

«Our stem cell - based studies indicate that low - calorie sweeteners promote additional fat accumulation within cells compared with cells not exposed to these substances, in a dose - dependent fashion — meaning that as the dose of sucralose is increased more cells showed increased fat droplet accumulation,» said Sabyasachi Sen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. «This most likely occurs by increasing glucose entry into cells through increased activity of genes called glucose transporters.»

The orbital remodeling in TED is likely induced by infiltrating T lymphocytes and mast cells, which activate orbital fibroblast effector cells to either proliferate and form scar - producing cells called myofibroblasts or turn into pro-inflammatory fat cells.

The researchers tested two anti-CK2 drugs for their ability to stimulate the production of new brown fat in mice: a new small - molecule CK2 - blocker called silmitasertib (CX - 4945), which is already in clinical trials as a cancer therapeutic; and a more precise next - generation antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) drug developed in collaboration with Isis Pharmaceuticals, which eliminates CK2 by blocking the RNA instructions cells use to produce it.

THE METHODS In 2000, Gerard Karsenty, a molecular geneticist at Columbia University in New York City, discovered that leptin, a hormone made by fat cells, helps mold and repair the skeleton by acting upon bone - building cells called osteoblasts.

The upshot of the study, another indictment of the so - called Western diet (high in saturated fats, sugar and red meat), reveals how the metabolites produced by the bacteria in the stomach chemically communicate with cells, including cells far beyond the colon, to dictate gene expression and health in its host.

In research published in December 2013, the investigators found that high levels of IKK - ε and TBK1 meant that certain receptors in the fat cells of obese mice were unable to respond to neurotransmitters called catecholamines, which are generated by the sympathetic nervous system and promote «fat - burning.»

The current study revealed that amlexanox exerts its effects through a specialized type of fat cell by increasing the level of a second messenger molecule called cAMP.

The high - fat diet without the flavanones increased the levels of cell - damage markers called thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) by 80 percent in the blood and 57 percent in the liver compared to mice on a standard diet.

Originally, however, they were not examining brown fat thermogenesis, but instead were looking for clues to the function of ERRβ, a protein about which little was known at the time, except that it was closely related to ERRα, appeared in brown fat cells, and also worked as a so - called nuclear receptor — a molecular switch for gene activation that can be turned on by small lipophilic molecules or a signaling protein partner.

The researchers showed for the first time that brown fat cells deliver these microRNAs into the blood by packaging into so - called exosomes, which «can be seen as little packages that are delivered by the brown fat cells through the circulation.»

Cells from many organisms recycle their parts by breaking down sugars, fats, and proteins in a process called autophagy («self eating»).

In a paper published Feb. 19 in Nature Cell Biology, the scientists show that a cutting - edge technique called asymmetric flow field - flow fractionation (AF4) can efficiently sort nano - sized particles, called exosomes, that are secreted by cancer cells and contain DNA, RNA, fats and proteins.

In their recent study, the UCSF team reports the discovery that a class of commonly prescribed Type - 2 diabetes drugs, called TZDs (thiazolidinediones, such as Actos and Avandia), promoted the conversion of white fat cells into brown (in mice and culture dishes) by stabilizing the PRDM16 protein.

In 80 percent of women, by the time ovarian cancer is diagnosed, it has spread to the pad of fat cells, called the omentum.

The fatty acids are then absorbed by cells lining the intestinal villi and converted into so called «chylomicron» particles that enter the lymphatic system and eventually are stored as «fat» in convenient places like hips and thighs.

is not as simple as saying that over-eating post-exercise is caused by a greedy stomach or our body's so - called «fat cells» being resistant to slimming down.

That's what your fat cells do when they expand: they send signals to your brain by way of a hormone called leptin to tell the brain how much fat is in your body.

In 1994, it was discovered that a protein hormone called leptin, which is released from fat cells and monitored by the brain, was deficient in a certain strain of genetically mutated obese mice.

The body does this by first converting fat into what are called ketones that the cells can then burn as fuel.

So the liver starts trying to offload the fat by dumping it back into the bloodstream in the form of something called VLDL, and that starts building up in the cells of the pancreas that produce the insulin in the first place.

Insulin also interacts with a hormone called leptin, which is created by fat cells in response to calorie intake.

He said persistent organic pollutants, called «POPs» for short, are most worrisome because, once consumed, they tend to adhere to organisms» fat cells where they are metabolized by the body and cause health problems.