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CADA members published a cover story studying ERAD in kidney podocytes
Endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation is required for nephrin maturation and kidney glomerular filtration function In the April issue of Journal of Clinical Investigation, CADA member Dr. Qi Ling together with his groups published an elegant cover story...
CADA members jointly uncovered how adiponectin reduces liver inflammation
Adiponectin Alleviates Diet-induced Inflammation in the Liver by Suppressing MCP-1 Expression and Macrophage Infiltration Drs. Lily Dong and Feng Liu revealed an anti-inflammatory role of adiponectin in the liver through an APPL2-mTORC1-MCP1 axis, and this paper was...
CADA member discovered a key mechanism in diurnal control of insulin sensitivity
REV-ERB in GABAergic neurons controls diurnal hepatic insulin sensitivity In a recent publication in Nature, Dr. Zheng Sun at Baylor College of Medicine and his colleagues made a novel discovery that GABAergic neurons controls diurnal liver insulin sensitivity through...
CADA member brings the field a multi-omics analysis of food entrainment in mice
A multi-tissue multi-omics analysis reveals distinct kineztics in entrainment of diurnal transcriptomes by inverted feeding A recent publication in iScience by CADA member Dr. Min-dian Li and his group established a resource database with a multi-tissue and...
Mitochondrial carrier in adipocytes controls fatty liver
The mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier prevents hepatic lipotoxicity by inhibiting white adipocyte lipolysis A recent publication in the Journal of Hepatology by CADA rising star member Dr. Yu An at Dr. Philipp Scherer's group at UT Southwestern reported a key...
CADA 2021 Special Celebration for Lantern Festival
Date: Feb 26, 2021 Time: 21:00-00:30 (Feb 27) EST Location: Virtual meeting via Zoom Participants: Over 100 CADA members Event summary: Before the formal start of this special celebration, members who joined early to the Zoom meeting started to chat...
A novel compound curbing obesity was identified by CADA members
The phytochemical hyperforin triggers thermogenesis in adipose tissue via a Dlat-AMPK signaling axis to curb obesity A recent publication in Cell Metabolism by Dr. Junli Liu's group identified a novel compound which exerts a significant anti-obesity effect....
Key factor promoting diabetic wound healing was determined by CADA members
Dedicator of Cytokinesis 5 Regulates Keratinocyte Function and Promotes Diabetic Wound Healing A recent Diabetes publication by Drs. Hongting Zheng and Yi Zheng reported a key factor, dedicator of cytokinesis 5 (Dock5), in promoting diabetic wound healing. Cutaneous...
CADA members reported the heritable effects of inorganic arsenic on metabolism
Inter‐ and Transgenerational Effects of Paternal Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic In a recent publication in Advanced Science, Dr. Zheng Sun at Baylor College of Medicine and his colleagues systemically uncovered heritable effects from inorganic arsenic exposure. The...
CADA member discovered the relations between autophagy and cocaine addiction
An autophagy-related protein Becn2 regulates cocaine reward behaviors in the dopaminergic system An uxpected connection between autophagy and cocaine reward behaviors was recently discovered by CADA member Dr. Congcong He, leading to a publication in Science...