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Nrf2 represses FGF21 during long-term high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2011
Chartoumpekis Dionysios V, Ziros Panos G, Psyrogiannis Agathoklis I, Papavassiliou Athanasios G, Kyriazopoulou Venetsana E, Sykiotis Gerasimos P, Habeos Ioannis G
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OBJECTIVE: Obesity is characterized by chronic oxidative stress. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) has recently been identified as a novel hormone that regulates metabolism. NFE2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcription factor that orchestrates the expression of a battery of antioxidant and detoxification genes under both basal and stress conditions. The current study investigated the role of Nrf2 in a mouse...
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