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Lian-Ping He1, Cui-Ping Li1, Chang-Wei Liu2

  • 1School of Medicine, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, 318000, Zhejiang, China.

Current Medicinal Chemistry
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Ca2+ signaling pathwayType 2 diabetes mellitus(T2D)Vitamin Dinflammatory cytokines.insulin resistance (IR)oxidative stress

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