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AMPK, the metabolic syndrome and cancer.
Trends in pharmacological sciences - 1 Feb 2005
Luo Zhijun, Saha Asish K, Xiang Xiaoqin, Ruderman Neil B
Abstract excerpt
The fuel-sensing enzyme 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has a major role in the regulation of cellular lipid and protein metabolism in response to stimuli such as exercise, changes in fuel availability and the adipocyte-derived hormones leptin and adiponectin. Recent studies indicate that abnormalities in cellular lipid metabolism are involved in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome, possibly because...
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