Metabolism and Transport

Metabolism and transport are core life activities that maintain cellular energy supply, material exchange, and internal environmental homeostasis. This system encompasses key links such as lipid and metabolite transport, transmembrane material exchange, ion flux regulation, energy metabolism hubs, and biotransformation of exogenous substances, involving the coordinated action of five major functional categories: apolipoproteins, transporter proteins, ion channels, mitochondrial proteins, and cytochrome P450. The functional integrity of this system directly determines cellular metabolic vitality and stress adaptability; its aberrations are closely associated with metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and inter-individual differences in drug metabolism, making it an important field in disease mechanism research and drug development.