Ambra Pozzi
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Improving insulin sensitivity
By Wendy Bindeman Ambra Pozzi Ambra Pozzi, professor of medicine and of molecular physiology and biophysics, first author Kakali Ghoshal (a postdoc in the Pozzi lab), and colleagues recently published a study showing that supplementation with an analog of a lipid metabolite called epoxyeicosatrienoic acid, which is involved in insulin… Read MoreMar. 15, 2022
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VUMC study raises hope for improving treatment of kidney disease
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have revealed an important mechanism in the kidney by which a cell surface receptor known as DDR1 fans the flames of inflammation and fibrosis that ultimately lead to kidney failure. Their findings, published recently in JCI Insight, a journal of the American Society for… Read MoreFeb. 3, 2022