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.

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