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Power of metabolomics in biomarker discovery and mining mechanisms of obesity.
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Apr 2013
Zhang A, Sun H, Wang X
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Obesity, the prevalence of which is increasing rapidly worldwide, is recognized as a risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, liver disease and renal disease. Unfortunately, the mechanisms underlying it have not been well characterized. Fortunately, metabolomics - the systematic study of metabolites, which are small molecules generated by the process of metabolism - has been important in elucidating the...
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