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Kaili Xue1, Dongmei Wu2, Yushuang Wang1

  • 1Institute of Molecular Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

Cell Metabolism
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UCP1brown adipose tissuemetabolic dysfunctionmitochondrial calcium uniporterobesitythermogenesis

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