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Gender-specific effect of physical training on AQP7 protein expression in human adipose tissue.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Dec 2012
Lebeck Janne, Østergård Torben, Rojek Aleksandra, Füchtbauer Ernst-Martin, Lund Sten, Nielsen Søren, Praetorius Jeppe
Abstract excerpt
AQP7 is a glycerol channel in adipose tissue with a suggested role in controlling the accumulation of triglycerides and secondly development of obesity and type-2 diabetes. In the present study, we aimed to test the hypotheses that (1) AQP7 is localized to the capillaries within human adipose tissue, (2) genetic predisposition to type-2 diabetes is associated with a low expression of AQP7 in abdominal...
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