Hypermethylation of Cox5a promoter is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle of high fat diet-induced insulin resistant rats.

High-fat diet (HFD) is an environmental factor that contributes to the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes. A number of genes influencing oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) were found to be downregulated in skeletal muscle of humans and rats treated with HFD and have been implicated in mitoc...

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Main Authors: Ying-ying Gong, Yuan-yuan Liu, Jin Li, Lei Su, Shuang Yu, Xiao-nan Zhu, Xiao-pei Cao, Hai-peng Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0113784&type=printable