Obesity Pathogenesis
New findings in the area of obesity pathogenesis detailed
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 27th, 2005
Study 1: Researchers review the role of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in adipocyte differentiation and obesity in a recent issue of Biochimie.
According to a study from France, "The ERK, p38, and INK mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are intracellular signaling pathways that play a pivotal role in many essential cellular processes such as proliferation and differentiation. MAPKs are activated by a large variety of stimuli and one of their major functions is to connect cell surface receptors to transcription factors in the nucleus,...
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