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Adipogenic capacity and the susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome

To determine whether adipocyte storage capacity influences the onset and severity of type 2 diabetes and other components of the metabolic syndrome, we made normal and db/db mice resistant to obesity by overexpressing leptin receptor-b on the aP2-Lepr-b promoter. On a 4% diet, these mice have no phe...

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Main Authors: Wang, May-Yun, Grayburn, Paul, Chen, Shuyuan, Ravazzola, Mariella, Orci, Lelio, Unger, Roger H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329698/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18413598
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0801981105
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