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Carnitine supplementation to obese Zucker rats prevents obesity-induced type II to type I muscle fiber transition and favors an oxidative phenotype of skeletal muscle

BACKGROUND: In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that carnitine supplementation counteracts obesity-induced muscle fiber transition from type I to type II. METHODS: 24 obese Zucker rats were randomly divided into two groups of 12 rats each (obese control, obese carnitine) and 12 lean Zucke...

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Autores principales: Couturier, Aline, Ringseis, Robert, Mooren, Frank-Christoph, Krüger, Karsten, Most, Erika, Eder, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23842456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-10-48