Unknown 02.03 Add Comment Protons (43) Metformin in muscle Edit Protons (43) Metformin in muscle I've been meaning to post on this paper for a long time. It's old but not ancient (2006). The authors are interesting. Collier CA i... Read More
Unknown 22.13 Add Comment Acetoacetate and arterial oxygen tension Edit Acetoacetate and arterial oxygen tension This is very exciting. Remi forwarded it to me. He understands. Therapeutic ketosis with ketone ester delays central nervous system oxygen ... Read More
Unknown 12.33 Add Comment Protons (42) Metformin as the next epilepsy drug? Edit Protons (42) Metformin as the next epilepsy drug? Some things which are written in stone are not quite as they seem. In a chat to karl about metformin/lactate in the brain I started thinking... Read More
Unknown 05.30 Add Comment Protons (41) Metformin in the liver Edit Protons (41) Metformin in the liver Just a brief note on metformin. No need for detailed analysis as there's not much to argue with. I think they are correct, even if we ha... Read More
Unknown 09.32 Add Comment Protons (40) Living without the glycerophosphate shuttle Edit Protons (40) Living without the glycerophosphate shuttle If we look at a mouse with a deletion of the gene for cytoplasmicG3Pdh we have a reasonable model for elimination of the glycerophosphate s... Read More
Unknown 07.08 Add Comment Protons (39) mtG3Pdh and lactate vs pyruvate Edit Protons (39) mtG3Pdh and lactate vs pyruvate Here is a schematic illustration of the generation of lactate from glucose as suggested by Schurr , ready for doodling on: In more artistic ... Read More
Unknown 07.31 Add Comment Protons (37) full glycerophosphate shuttle knockout mice Edit Protons (37) full glycerophosphate shuttle knockout mice Just a short post on this paper: Lethal Hypoglycemic Ketosis and Glyceroluria in Mice Lacking Both the Mitochondrial and the Cytosolic Glyce... Read More
Unknown 01.15 Add Comment Protons (38) and ultra low fat once more Edit Protons (38) and ultra low fat once more OMG, here we go with more doodles. Ah well... This post is a summary of the ideas which came out of the Protons thread. I’ve been meaning to... Read More
Unknown 22.18 Add Comment Meet the researchers with the PKCζ deletion Edit Meet the researchers with the PKCζ deletion Let's get this straight, right at the start: If you have cancer your outlook is probably worse if that cancer cell population has lost i... Read More
Unknown 23.24 Add Comment Protons (36) Glycolysis to lactate Edit Protons (36) Glycolysis to lactate Before we can even begin to think about metformin and mtG3Pdh we have to re examine lactate and glycolysis. It's difficult to over empha... Read More
Unknown 10.09 Add Comment Confirmation bias is not just in my head Edit Confirmation bias is not just in my head I've been sent a link to this study: Body fat loss and compensatory mechanisms in response to different doses of aerobic exercise—a rand... Read More
Unknown 01.49 Add Comment Confirmation Bias in my head Edit Confirmation Bias in my head Sometimes you get a reminder that you suffer from Confirmation Bias. I do. This morning I went back and dug out the study from Aberdeen: Die... Read More