Scientists found that brain cells can tap a hidden sugar stash to clean up the toxic proteins behind Alzheimer’s. By kick-starting an enzyme called GlyP, they reroute stored sugar into a protective ...

A new study from scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging has revealed a surprising player in the battle ...

This valuable study presents a novel approach to enhance the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) by genetically modifying their glycogen synthesis pathway, resulting in increased ...

To test tubes, 16 by 100 mm., are added 10 mg. of sodium ascorbate § and 5 mg. of glucose. These tubes are stoppered and may be stored indefinitely at -20°C. A 2.0-ml. aliquot of whole blood ...

The 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology: Discovery of the "Cori Cycle," "Cori Ester"and Glycogen Synthesis Carl and Gerty Cori spent more than three decades exploring how the human body ...

Glycogen synthesis requires glycogen synthase (GYS1 in brain and muscle) for chain elongation with UDP glucose as substrate and glycogen branching enzyme (GBE1), which introduces branch points by ...

News Release 26-Dec-2024 Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase regulates mitophagy by maintaining PINK1 stability Peer-Reviewed Publication Higher Education Press image: Image view more ...

However, primaquine can cause haemolysis in individuals who have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd). We conducted a systematic review on the reported clinical manifestations of G6PDd ...

Letter Published: 10 September 1966 Role of Glucose 6-phosphate in the Synthesis of Glycogen by the Rat Liver in vivo C. J. THRELFALL Nature 211, 1192 (1966) Cite this article ...

GLUCOSE-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) is an important enzyme in the metabolism of carbohydrates through the pentose phosphate pathway. 1 It is present mainly in the erythrocytes but occurs in ...