Non-invasive imaging of tumors by monitoring autotaxin activity using an enzyme-activated near-infrared fluorogenic substrate.

Autotaxin (ATX), an autocrine motility factor that is highly upregulated in metastatic cancer, is a lysophospholipase D enzyme that produces the lipid second messenger lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC).Dysregulation of the lysolipid signaling pathway is central to the pathophysiology of numerous cancers, idiopathic pulm

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Connected and extracted: Understanding how centrality in the global wheat supply chain affects global hunger using a network approach.

While global food trade has allowed countries to buffer against domestic food production shortfalls and gain access to larger markets, engaging in trade has also opened economies up to shocks and increased extraction of food resources.With this research, we analyze how the global grain network influences country-level nourishment, while controlling

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