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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Sep 9

A newly identified reductive uric acid pathway offers hope for gout | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

A newly identified reductive uric acid pathway offers hope for gout

A new study published in Life Metabolism reports an alternative “reductive pathway” that functions without oxygen. In this route, uric acid is first reduced to a newly identified meta...

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Sep 4

Well Met: RIPK1 senses S-adenosyl methionine to ensure cell survival url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Sep 2

Review article by Dr. Lauren Palluth, Prof. Joseph S Takahashi and Prof. Carla B Green: Keeping up with the nicotinamides: NADP(H), the forgotten circadian cofactor that keeps metabolic time url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Sep 2

The 13th Xiamen Winter Symposium on Lipid Metabolism and Physiology
January 15-18, 2026
Learn more: xws.xmu.edu.cn

Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Aug 1

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A reductive uric acid degradation pathway in anaerobic bacteria

Abstract. Uric acid (UA) is a key intermediate in purine degradation across diverse organisms, while its accumulation in humans leads to inflammation and g

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jul 23

Weight loss benefits of Tirzepatide persist after stopping treatment in Chinese adults | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Weight loss benefits of Tirzepatide persist after stopping treatment in Chinese adults

In a recent study published in Life Metabolism, researchers at Fudan University report that even after stopping the anti-obesity drug tirzepatide, Chinese obese individuals can maintain significant we...

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jul 17

Energy stress-induced PKCζ S-glutathionylation is essential for LKB1 cytoplasmic translocation and AMPK activation url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

Energy stress-induced PKCζ S-glutathionylation is essential for LKB1 cytoplasmic translocation and AMPK activation

Abstract. Energy stress triggers the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) via phosphorylation mediated by liver kinase B1 (LKB1). A pivotal st

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jul 14

brown fat-enriched exosomal miR-206-3p attenuates hepatic lipogenesis by decreasing pentose phosphate pathway url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

The brown fat-enriched exosomal miR-206-3p attenuates hepatic lipogenesis by decreasing pentose phosphate pathway

Abstract. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) orchestrates interorgan crosstalk through secreted mediators, including proteins, lipids, and exosomal microRNAs (miRN

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jul 1

Weight loss maintenance after tirzepatide cessation in people with overweight/obesity: a real-world follow-up of the phase 3 SURMOUNT-CN trial url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

Weight loss maintenance after tirzepatide cessation in people with overweight/obesity: a real-world follow-up of the phase 3 SURMOUNT-CN trial

Abstract. Tirzepatide, a dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, has shown unprecedented efficacy in weight loss and improving metabolic parameters in clinical tr

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jul 1

RME-1-associated recycling endosomes participate in vitellogenin secretion in Caenorhabditis elegans url: academic.oup.com/lifemeta/art...

RME-1-associated recycling endosomes participate in vitellogenin secretion in Caenorhabditis elegans

Abstract. Vitellogenins (VITs), the lipoprotein precursors of yolk proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans, are expressed in the intestine, secreted into the ps

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jun 10

Research Highlight: MDVs bridge metabolite signals to mitochondrial fitness url:https://academic.oup.com/lifemeta/article/doi/10.1093/lifemeta/loaf022/8158082

Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jun 10

Building the adipose atlas: consensus guidelines and a standardized analytical workflow url:https://academic.oup.com/lifemeta/article/doi/10.1093/lifemeta/loaf020/8158406

Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jun 10

Combination of time-restricted feeding with resistance exercise ameliorates MAFLD and improves glycemic homeostasis in obese mice url:https://academic.oup.com/lifemeta/article/doi/10.1093/lifemeta/loaf023/8159207

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · Jun 6

Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · May 30

Spatially segregated multiomics decodes metformin-mediated functional-specific metabolic characteristics in diabetic kidney disease url:https://academic.oup.com/lifemeta/article/doi/10.1093/lifemeta/loaf019/8153028

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Life Metabolism @lifemetabolism.bsky.social · May 30