Hot on the trail of cellular metabolism: Researchers unravel the function of cell proteins
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Cells have a metabolism that can be altered according to its function. If cellular metabolism is disturbed, it can lead to disease of the entire organism. Researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna discovered that the uncoupling proteins UCP2 and UPC4 are involved in different types of cellular metabolism. As a result, cell alterations can now be detected much earlier than was thus far possible. This research work was recently published in the PLOS ONE journal.