‘Greasy’ Burettes

Development of latent fingerprints on greasy surfaces.

Mycobacteria and the greasy macrophage: getting fat and frustrated.

In the current issue of Infection and Immunity, Caire-Brändli and coworkers (Infect. Immun. 82:476-490, 2014, doi:10.1128/IAI.01196-13) describe a novel cell system for studying mycobacterial interactions with foamy macrophages and provide a magnificent series of electron microscopy-based observations providing major insight into the microbiology and cell biology of these interactions.

Protein aggregation: close encounters of the greasy kind.

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Autotaxin: inhibiting a greasy pocket Medicinal significance of autotaxin

Autotaxin (ATX) is a secreted glycoprotein that has been implicated in various physiological and pathophysiological processes, including vascular and neural development, lymphocyte trafficking, fibrosis and tumour progression. ATX functions as lysophopholipase D (lysoPLD), hydrolysing lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) into the signalling lipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). LPA stimulates cell migrat...

Greasy foods lead to acne and gallbladder problems?

In the movie "Grease," John Travolta may not have been referring to fries, donuts, and pizza when he sang "You're the One That I Want," but it's not difficult to understand why greasy foods hold a special place on our taste buds. Although eating foods that are high in cholesterol [2] may contribute to gallbladder problems, not all greasy and oily foods are high in cholesterol. And for some good...