Zebrafish as a Model for Obesity and Diabetes
Obesity and diabetes now considered global epidemics. The prevalence rates of diabetes are increasing in parallel with the rates of obesity and the strong connection between these two diseases has been coined as “diabesity.” The health risks of overweight or obesity include Type 2 diabetes mellitus...
Main Authors: | Liqing Zang, Lisette A. Maddison, Wenbiao Chen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcell.2018.00091/full |
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