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Functional UQCRC1 polymorphisms affect promoter activity and body lipid accumulation.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Dec 2007
Kunej Tanja, Wang Zeping, Michal Jennifer J, Daniels Tyler F, Magnuson Nancy S, Jiang Zhihua
Abstract excerpt
Obesity and type 2 diabetes constitute leading public health problems worldwide. Studies have shown that insulin resistance affiliated with these conditions is associated with skeletal muscle lipid accumulation, while the latter is associated with mitochondrial dysfunctions. However, the initiation and regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis rely heavily on approximately 1000 nuclear-encoded mitochondrial...
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