Effects on diet-induced autophagy in metazoa

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide in industrialized developing countries. High fat diet can induce autophagy initiation but prevent autophagosome maturation, leading to overt obesity and cardiac hypertrophy (Zhang et al., 2013). This study aims to determine the effects of high fat a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fun, Xiu Hui
Other Authors: Rachel Susan Kraut
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63807