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Circular RNAs: Rising stars in lipid metabolism and lipid disorders

Guangli Yu1, Zhou Yang1, Tianhong Peng1

  • 1Clinical Anatomy & Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.

Journal of Cellular Physiology
|December 4, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
adipocytecircRNAhepatocytelipid metabolismmacrophagecircular RNA functionlipid metabolism pathwaysnon-coding RNA researchadipogenesis regulation

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