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Boosting mitochondrial biogenesis in white adipocytes: A route towards improved insulin sensitivity?
Theresa Schöttl1, Martin Klingenspor
1Chair for Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine & Z I E L - Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 2, D-85350 Freising - Weihenstephan, Germany.
Molecular Metabolism
|September 20, 2013
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