UK/KPRI Study Published in Cell Metabolism

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 9, 2010) – University of Kentucky and Kentucky Pediatric Research Institute (KPRI) researchers recently published a study, "The G0/G1 Switch Gene 2 Regulates Adipose Lipolysis through Association with Adipose Triglyceride Lipase," in the March 3 issue of Cell Metabolism.

"The hydrolysis of triacylglycerols in adipocytes, known as lipolysis, is closely controlled and essential for survival," said Jun Liu, assistant professor of pediatrics, UK College of Medicine and a researcher with the Kentucky Pediatric Research Institute (KPRI).

Liu and other researchers at UK and KPRI were involved in the important study. Besides Liu, they include: Xingyuan Yang, Xin Lu, Theresa M. Guerin and Eric J. Smart, Department of Pediatrics and KPRI, and Geun Bae Rha and Young-In Chi, UK Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology.

To read the study (PDF), go to http://www.uky.edu/PR/News/cmet0691_r.pdf.

For more information about KPRI, go to http://www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu/research/KCH/researchinst.htm.