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Dietary leucine--an environmental modifier of insulin resistance acting on multiple levels of metabo...

Dietary leucine--an environmental modifier of insulin resistance acting on multiple levels of metabo...

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Dietary leucine--an environmental modifier of insulin resistance acting on multiple levels of metabolism

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Dietary leucine--an environmental modifier of insulin resistance acting on multiple levels of metabolism

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2011-06, Vol.6 (6), p.e21187

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Environmental factors, such as the macronutrient composition of the diet, can have a profound impact on risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. In the present study we demonstrate how a single, simple dietary factor--leucine--can modify insulin resistance by acting on multiple tissues and at multiple levels of metabolism. Mice were placed on a nor...

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Dietary leucine--an environmental modifier of insulin resistance acting on multiple levels of metabolism

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1304814825

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1304814825

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0021187

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