Dr. Seth J. Field Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Grant
Dr. Seth J. Field is one of two UC San Diego faculty members to win an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award grant from the National Institutes of Health for 2008. Seth J. Field, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant...
View ArticleDefective Signaling Pathway Sheds Light on Cystic Fibrosis
New findings from Dr. Gregory Harmon, Dr. Christopher Glass and colleagues are the subject of the story, “Defective Signaling Pathway Sheds Light on Cystic Fibrosis” from the UCSD Newsroom. Dr. Harmon,...
View ArticleProtein Found to be Key in Protecting the Gut from Infection
Dr. Martin Kagnoff and coworkers in the Division of Gastroenterology conducted the study described in the UCSD Newsroom story, “Protein Found to be Key in Protecting the Gut from Infection.” Read the...
View ArticleResearchers Discover New Signaling Pathway Linked to Inflammatory Disease
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have described for the first time a key inhibitory role for the IL-1 signaling pathway in the human innate immune system,...
View ArticlePlasticity of Hormonal Response Permits Rapid Gene Expression Reprogramming
Gene expression reprogramming may allow cancer cell growth as well as normal differentiation Gene expression is the process of converting the genetic information encoded in DNA into a final gene...
View ArticleInsulin Resistance, Inflammation and a Muscle-Saving Protein
In the online May 2 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine publish three distinct articles exploring: the complex interactions...
View ArticleCholesterol Sets Off Chaotic Blood Vessel Growth
A study at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine identified a protein that is responsible for regulating blood vessel growth by mediating the efficient removal of cholesterol from...
View ArticleGolgi Trafficking Controlled by G-Proteins
A family of proteins called G proteins are a recognized component of the communication system the human body uses to sense hormones and other chemicals in the bloodstream and to send messages to cells....
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