Intake of a high-fat diet leads to an increased risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and fatty liver. A study in mice from Karolinska Institutet shows that it is possible to eliminate the deleterious effects of a high-fat diet by lowering the levels of apolipoprotein CIII (apoCIII), a key regulator of lipid metabolism. …
Newly published article in Nano Letters about a novel technique to monitor intraocular pressure. Access to the abstract of this article is found HERE.
As has recently been published on the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden’s website, professor Per-Olof Berggren and his colleagues have brought new insight into the role of the delta cells within the islet of Langerhans and how they may affect glucose homeostasis. Read more: Press release in English Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 3700 (2019) Nya fynd förklarar indirekt …
On the web-site of Karolinska Institutet, there is a recent press release regarding a study published in Diabetologia, the scientific journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). The leader of the study is professor Per-Olof Berggren. Read more: Press release in English Diabetologia 2019, Online ISSN 1432-0428 Transplanterade celler avslöjar tidiga …
Att Per-Olof Berggren, professor i experimentell endokrinologi vid Institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi, har blivit invald i the American Academy of Arts and Sciences” står att läsa om i en pressrelease på Karolinska Institutets hemsida. Läs mera / Read more: Pressrelease på svenska Link in English American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects 228 …
Inositides are involved in regulating the insulin release from the pancreatic beta cell. New findings are published in Advances in Biological Regulation in September 2012. Inositides take an active part in regulating many vital processes in all cells in the organism. Depending on its primary function, cells have a specific footprint of what inositides they …