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Abstract
Long-chain fatty acids are both important metabolites as well as signaling molecules. Fatty acid transport proteins are key mediators of cellular fatty acid uptake and recent transgenic and knockout animal models have provided new insights into their contribution to energy homeostasis and to pathological processes, including obesity and insulin desensitization.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16868315 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00014.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiology (Bethesda) ISSN: 1548-9221