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ULK1 prevents cardiac dysfunction in obesity through autophagy-meditated regulation of lipid metabolism.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Aug 2017
An Minae, Ryu Dong-Ryeol, Won Park Jang, Ha Choi Ji, Park Eun-Mi, Eun Lee Kyung, Woo Minna, Kim Minsuk
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AIMS: Autophagy is essential to maintain tissue homeostasis, particularly in long-lived cells such as cardiomyocytes. Whereas many studies support the importance of autophagy in the mechanisms underlying obesity-related cardiac dysfunction, the role of autophagy in cardiac lipid metabolism remains unclear. In the heart, lipotoxicity is exacerbated by cardiac lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which mediates accumulation...
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