Fat Signals Lipid Cleaving Enzyme Produces Signaling Molecule Essential In Lipid Metabolism

Obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are daunting modern-day epidemics. In Western Europe more than 50% of the population is overweight and approximately 15 million people die from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke every year. These conditions are often caused by disorders of fat metabolism, resulting in a massive accumulation of fat in various tissues and of cholesterol in the walls of arteries. Fats are known to perform long-term storage of energy, but they also act as signaling molecules in the body...

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