Cysteine starvation activates the redox-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition in retinal pigment epithelial cells
These effects promoted vascular endothelial cell (VEC) function in diastole and improved IR, disorders of glucose-lipid metabolism and MASLD [116]
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.860771 Received 23 January 2022 Accepted 03 March 2022 Published 06 April 2022 Volume 9 - 2022 Edited by Valeria Pasciu, University of Sassari, Italy Reviewed by Ignacio Contreras Sols, University of Sassari, Italy
The studies, all of which appeared in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics , came from the labs of Joseph Harding, a medical chemist at Washington State, and his colleague Jay Wright
It helps convert fat into energy by transporting fatty acids into the mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) where they are used for energy production