Sestrin2 as a Potential Target for Regulating Metabolic-Related Diseases

Linan Gong1, Zanzan Wang1, Zhenggui Wang1

  • 1Center for Cardiovascular Medicine, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Frontiers in Endocrinology
|November 22, 2021
PubMed

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