November 25, 2019 by Ana Pena PhD Protein That Helps Cells Break Down Sugar Also Promotes Inflammation, Study Suggests A protein involved in cell metabolism, called PKM2, was found to be central to switching ‘on’ immune cells that play critical roles in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), an early study reports. Blocking the activity of PKM2 (pyruvate kinase M2) eased MS-like symptoms…
