Immunology
ASBMB names 2025 JBC/Tabor Award winners
The six awardees are first authors of outstanding papers published in 2024 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
From the Journals: JLR
Promising therapeutic candidate for steatosis. Unique lipid profiles in glycogen storage disease. Microglial lactic acid mediates neuroinflammation. Read about these recent papers.
Lipid biomarkers hold clues to stroke recovery
Scientists at the University of Arizona found that a lipid mediator accumulates with the waves of inflammation associated with stroke and foamy macrophages.
How opposing metabolic pathways regulate inflammation
Researchers use cybernetics to understand what happens when two acids produced by macrophages compete for binding sites on the enzyme that converts them to active products.
From the Journals: JBC
Maternal metabolite promotes offspring survival. Unraveling the tick’s blood-sucking strategy. Connecting obesity and liver diseases. Read about these recent papers.
From the journals: JBC
Ribosomal RNA, R-loops and the RNA exosome. Using an old drug to treat a new skin disease, Sugar-binding immune receptors. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Illuminating the dark serum immunoglobulome
Researchers in the Netherlands shine a light on unique antibody repertories of severe COVID-19 patients.
From the journals: JBC
A novel antiviral factor fights flu. Clamping onto DNA. Glycosylation ensures healthy bones. Read about recent articles on these topics.
Snaking toward a universal antivenom
Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered antibodies that protect against a host of lethal snake venoms.