05 August 2024
Wnt to Fat
The molecular pathway called Wnt is involved and vital in many cellular functions. This study in fruit flies shows its activation reduces fat accumulation by boosting fat breakdown and preventing new fat generation – insight into ways to regulate fat metabolism
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- Image from work by Mengmeng Liu and Rajitha-Udakara-Sampath Hemba-Waduge, and colleagues
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), July 2024
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