In addition to its pulmonary applications, NAC has been shown to exert mucolytic activity in bile, where it facilitates the degradation of macromolecular proteins, including mucin, into smaller peptides and subsequently into amino acids, thereby reducing bile viscosity (Boullhesen-Williams et al., 2019)
They're signaling molecules that nudge specific pathways
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A study published in Nature , headed by IRB Barcelona researchers, uncovers a mechanism involving the loss of a specific microexon in a protein called CPEB4
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