Lipids include fats (solid at room temperature) and oils (liquid at room temperature). Lipids are an important part of a healthy diet. The body uses lipids as an energy store, as insulation and to ...

Lipids include fats (solid at room temperature) and oils (liquid at room temperature). Lipids are an important part of a healthy diet. The body uses lipids as an energy store, as insulation and to ...

Discover how a breakthrough in adipocyte mechanisms protects against tissue damage and paves the way for new metabolic ...

A CNIC study published in Nature Communications reveals that caveolae in adipocytes help safely store excess fat, preventing ...

This process avoids tissue damage and protects the body from the toxic effects of accumulating fat molecules (lipids) in ...

Cholesterol is a fatty substance essential for the formation of the body's cells; however, consuming trans fats and processed ...

The link between hepatic fat and IPFD observed in young individuals with good cardiometabolic health diminished in older ...

A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), led by Professor Miguel Ángel del Pozo Barriuso, who heads the Mechanoadaptation and Caveolae Biology group at the CNIC, has ...

Lipids are hydrophobic or amphiphilic small molecules that include sterols, waxes, fatty acids and phospholipids, and are insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvent. Biological lipids are ...