The metabolite of this month is cholic acid, of the the bile acid class. Notorious for their role in digestion, they are also powerful regulators of metabolism.
Cholic acid – a signaling molecule
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Neurology
Kynurenine metabolites mediate neuromuscular dysfunction
Accumulation of neurotoxic kynurenine metabolites with aging represents the mechanism of neuromuscular defects linking chronic inflammation to physical frailty.
Kynurenine – Metabolite of the month
Kynurenine is a tryptophan-derived metabolite at the crossroads between neurology, immunology and cancer
Machine learning for ALS progression biomarker discovery
How to combine targeted metabolomics and machine learning algorithms to identify biomarkers associated with ALS disease progression.
Mitochondria’s role in clinical depression
What does brain activity look like after anti-depressant treatment and what is the basis for prescribing serotonin re-uptake inhibitors in the first place?
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