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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Ground-breaking research has found that an enzyme which controls protein production could play an important role in the condition.
Scientists say Rheb acts “like a switch” for key cell *signals that might contribute to age-related conditions like Type 2 diabetes. The finding could be crucial in developing new ways to combat it.
The world-first research was carried out at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California.
Professor Srinivasa Subramaniam, lead author of the study, said: “We found Rheb acts like the gas pedal in a car. It can either increase fundamental processes or decrease them. We think that Rheb may act like a switch in some disease states – helping to turn them off and on.”
When under stress, Rheb inhibits protein synthesis rather than accelerating it. This kind of inhibition is linked to several *conditions, including Type 2 diabetes.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/193961/Ground-breaking-study-hope-Type-2-diabetes-sufferers
Scientists say Rheb acts “like a switch” for key cell *signals that might contribute to age-related conditions like Type 2 diabetes. The finding could be crucial in developing new ways to combat it.
The world-first research was carried out at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California.
Professor Srinivasa Subramaniam, lead author of the study, said: “We found Rheb acts like the gas pedal in a car. It can either increase fundamental processes or decrease them. We think that Rheb may act like a switch in some disease states – helping to turn them off and on.”
When under stress, Rheb inhibits protein synthesis rather than accelerating it. This kind of inhibition is linked to several *conditions, including Type 2 diabetes.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/193961/Ground-breaking-study-hope-Type-2-diabetes-sufferers