«You would never see these two effects if you were studying
protein folding
in a tissue
culture dish, because you don't have the whole organism, C. elegans,
in which you can look at the signals being communicated.»
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 protei
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 protei
in mice and
culture dishes) by stabilizing the PRDM16
protein.