Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling the uptake of lipids from digested food. The maintenance of a balanced lipid homeostasis is critical for our health. While consumption of excessive ...

A study published in the journal Protein & Cell details the connection between SCARB2 deficiency and gastrointestinal dysfunction, revealing that the loss of SCARB2 leads to alterations in bile acid ...

A key finding of the study was that, when mitochondria did not function properly, enterocytes showed impaired packaging and transport of lipids in the form of chylomicrons. Chylomicrons are crucial ...

A new tool enables biomedical researchers from around the world to quickly see the connections between lipids and proteins ...

MANHATTAN -- Nutrition researchers at Kansas State University have published the first evidence that the absorption of cholesterol is reduced by another compound in the egg, a lecithin. The research ...

Even though hyperlipidemia heightens vulnerability to MIs and strokes, clinicians are not doing a very good job controlling the condition. Less than half of all patients who qualify for lipid-lowering ...

Study finds pigmented japonica rice like black and green varieties contain bioactive lipids and show slower starch digestion ...

Pictures show small intestinal villi from wild type (top) and enterocyte-specific DARS2 knockout mice (bottom) stained for PLIN2 (yellow), TGN38 (red), E-cadherin (green) and DNA (DAPI, blue). The ...