The cause of the association between low birth weight and reduced β cell function in adult life is uncertain.
"Organisms cannot exist without cholesterol, which takes part in all cell functions," he adds.
It is also helpful in identifying protein assemblies that are essential to cell function.
He was studying normal immune cell function and defects in these cells during disease development.
That will open the way to a far deeper understanding of everything from normal cell function to human development to cancer and other disease states.
They can go deep inside the cell, into the nucleus, and actually change the way the cell functions.
Vitamins are a group of substances essential for normal cell function, growth and development.
Still, they have tended to focus on procedures that preserve cell function, for natural reasons.
Most cells, he explained, have a nucleus, which acts as a "brain" to direct cell functions.
The exchanger is involved in a variety of cell functions including the following: