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Metabolism and homeostasis

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The section aims to publish studies concerned with the physiological understanding of the regulation of metabolism and its dysfunction in disease and the dynamic physiological processes that enable optimum conditions to be maintained for cells, tissues and whole organisms.

  1. There is increasing evidence that poor growth of preterm infants is a risk factor for poor long-term development, while the effects of early postnatal growth restriction are not well known. We utilized a rat m...

    Authors: Erica E. Alexeev, Bo Lönnerdal and Ian J. Griffin
    Citation: BMC Physiology 2015 15:3
  2. Heat illness is a debilitating and potentially life-threatening condition. Limited data are available to identify individuals with heat illness at greatest risk for organ damage. We recently described the tran...

    Authors: Danielle L Ippolito, John A Lewis, Chenggang Yu, Lisa R Leon and Jonathan D Stallings
    Citation: BMC Physiology 2014 14:14
  3. The physiological effects of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in hibernating bats and ultimate causes of mortality from infection with Pseudogymnoascus (formerly Geomyces) destructans are not fully understood. Increased...

    Authors: Michelle L Verant, Carol U Meteyer, John R Speakman, Paul M Cryan, Jeffrey M Lorch and David S Blehert
    Citation: BMC Physiology 2014 14:10
  4. Quinine is a natural molecule commonly used as a flavouring agent in tonic water. Diet supplementation with quinine leads to decreased body weight and food intake in rats. Quinine is an in vitro inhibitor of Trpm...

    Authors: Philippe Cettour-Rose, Carole Bezençon, Christian Darimont, Johannes le Coutre and Sami Damak
    Citation: BMC Physiology 2013 13:5
  5. Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) hydrolyzes triglycerides in plasma lipoproteins and enables uptake of lipolysis products for energy production or storage in tissues. Our aim was to study the localization of LPL and i...

    Authors: Rakel Nyrén, Chuchun L Chang, Per Lindström, Anastasia Barmina, Evelina Vorrsjö, Yusuf Ali, Lisa Juntti-Berggren, André Bensadoun, Stephen G Young, Thomas Olivecrona and Gunilla Olivecrona
    Citation: BMC Physiology 2012 12:14
  6. Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) hydrolyzes triglycerides in lipoproteins and makes fatty acids available for tissue metabolism. The activity of the enzyme is modulated in a tissue specific manner by interaction with ...

    Authors: Olessia Kroupa, Evelina Vorrsjö, Rinke Stienstra, Frits Mattijssen, Stefan K Nilsson, Valentina Sukonina, Sander Kersten, Gunilla Olivecrona and Thomas Olivecrona
    Citation: BMC Physiology 2012 12:13