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β cells keep bad epigenetic memories of palmitate

Palmitic acid, or hexadecanoic acid, a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid (FA), accounts for approximately 38% of the total circulating FA in lean or obese humans. In an article published in BMC Medicine, Hall et al. report that cultured islets from healthy donors, when exposed to palmitate, undergo cha...

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Autores principales: Fradin, Delphine, Bougnères, Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24957655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-104