Schematic of protein activation and lipid membrane remodeling. A density change of active receptors drives the system towards an active configuration in which the lipid bilayer shrinks around ...

Simons, in particular, advocated the idea that a special type of nonrandom mixing of the membrane lipids is involved in the sorting process—namely, that lipid domains in the plane of the ...

Lipids include fats (solid at room temperature) and oils (liquid at room temperature). Lipids are an important part of a healthy diet. The body uses lipids as an energy store, as insulation and to ...

Following digestion and absorption of dietary fat, TG and cholesterol are packaged to form chylomicrons in the epithelial cells of the intestines. Chylomicrons circulate through the intestinal ...

Many people believe that consuming one to two eggs daily benefits health, yet concerns about increased blood lipid levels ...

Unlike wine or tomatoes, breast milk's physiological properties have been honed by evolution to be healthy. In babies it can ...

Columbia researchers have found that a rare type of lipid is a key driver of ferroptosis, a form of cell death discovered by ...

Lipids are not just fuel, but a protection mechanism for cancer cells that modulates how they communicate with the immune system." Future work will determine whether this holds true for multiple ...

Research at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2024 evaluated lipid-lowering therapy beyond statins alone in patients with high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. While ...

(C) Bifunctional ATTECs targeting oncoprotein NAMPT. (D) Bifunctional ATTECs targeting oncoprotein CDK9/cyclin T1. (E) Bifunctional ATTECs targeting lipid droplets.

Part of this process involves changing the types of lipids, or fatty molecules, that are present in sperm cell membranes. These changes are enacted by enzymes, which have to be activated at a ...