Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 317-323 , March 2006

Increased expression of hepatic pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases 2 and 4 in young and middle-aged Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats: induction by elevated levels of free fatty acids

  • Gustavo Bajotto

      Affiliations

    • Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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  • Taro Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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  • Masaru Nagasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Aichi Gakuin University, Nisshin 470-0195, Japan
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  • Bolin Qin

      Affiliations

    • Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshiyuki Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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  • Ken Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayo Ohashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshiharu Oshida

      Affiliations

    • Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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  • Yuzo Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Science, Aichi Gakuin University, Nisshin 470-0195, Japan
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  • Yoshiharu Shimomura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 735 5198; fax: +81 52 735 5198.

Received 5 February 2005 ,Accepted 7 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2005.09.014

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 317-323 , March 2006

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