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Jinming Zhang1, Yixin Li2, Liu Yang3,4

  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.

Cell & Bioscience
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Keywords:
ALDDrug candidateMASLDMetabolic disorderT2DM

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