Aberrant mtor signaling impairs whole body physiology
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
The protein mTOR is a central controller of growth and metabolism. Deregulation of mTOR signaling increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancer. Researchers now describe how aberrant mTOR signaling in the liver not only affects hepatic metabolism but also whole body physiology.