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Cardiac Expression of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Is Increased in Obesity and Serves to Attenuate Cardiac Triglyceride Accumulation

Obesity causes lipid accumulation in the heart and may lead to lipotoxic heart disease. Traditionally, the size of the cardiac triglyceride pool is thought to reflect the balance between uptake and β-oxidation of fatty acids. However, triglycerides can also be exported from cardiomyocytes via secret...

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Autores principales: Bartels, Emil D., Nielsen, Jan M., Hellgren, Lars I., Ploug, Thorkil, Nielsen, Lars B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19390571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005300