Having a “leaky” gut may protect against colitis, a paradoxical finding that alters understanding of the role of cell permeability in intestinal homeostasis and immune regulation.

Dynamic measurements of the bacterial leucine transporter shed light on the transporters that play roles in neuropsychiatric and addiction disorders.

A new compound that activates potassium channels could be used to treat disorders of glucose homeostasis.

Vanderbilt researchers have identified a new signaling system that anthrax bacteria uses to infect its host.

A protein in the myelin coating on nerves helps form a “seal” that enables effective nerve conduction; loss of the protein causes inherited neuropathies.

The extracellular matrix that surrounds cells plays a role in the development of insulin resistance.

Smooth muscle cells that line the aorta differ in development but not in the adult, a finding that has implications for understanding aortic development and disease.