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Zinc transporters and insulin resistance: therapeutic implications for type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease
BACKGROUND: Zinc is a metal ion that is essential for growth and development, immunity, and metabolism, and therefore vital for life. Recent studies have highlighted zinc’s dynamic role as an insulin mimetic and a cellular second messenger that controls many processes associated with insulin signali...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29157234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12929-017-0394-0 |