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Lipid Droplets Are Intracellular Bacteria-Fighting Machines
Lipid Droplets Are Intracellular Bacteria-Fighting Machines
Far from being inert fat-storage depots within cells, these lipid-loaded organelles recruit immune proteins and block bacterial growth.
Lipid Droplets Are Intracellular Bacteria-Fighting Machines
Lipid Droplets Are Intracellular Bacteria-Fighting Machines

Far from being inert fat-storage depots within cells, these lipid-loaded organelles recruit immune proteins and block bacterial growth.

Far from being inert fat-storage depots within cells, these lipid-loaded organelles recruit immune proteins and block bacterial growth.

fat, cell & molecular biology

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In 2015, The Scientist dove deep into the latest research on aging, HIV, hearing, and obesity.
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Adipogenesis in mice has alternating genetic requirements throughout the animals’ lives.
Fanning the Flames
Kate Yandell | Nov 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Obesity triggers a fatty acid synthesis pathway, which in turn helps drive T cell differentiation and inflammation.
Obesogens
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Low doses of environmental chemicals can make animals gain weight. Whether they do the same to humans is a thorny issue.
Not Immune to Fat
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The effect of a high-fat diet on murine T cells
Fat Factors
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A mouse's exposure to certain environmental chemicals can lead the animal—and its offspring and grandoffspring—to be overweight.
Irisin Skepticism Goes Way Back
Kerry Grens | Mar 18, 2015 | 2 min read
Post-publication peer reviewers had questioned data about the supposed fat-browning enzyme from the get-go.
Fat's Immune Sentinels
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
The Comfort Food Drug
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Researchers found that stress eating can blunt the body’s stress response.
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