About the Authors
- Weijuan Shao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Shao, Zhiwen Yu
Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Zhiwen Yu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Weijuan Shao, Zhiwen Yu
Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Public Health Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Yuting Chiang
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Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Yi Yang
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Current address: Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, People's Republic of China
Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Tuanyao Chai
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Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Warren Foltz
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Affiliation Radiation Medicine Program, The STTARR Innovation Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Huogen Lu
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Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- I. George Fantus
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Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Tianru Jin
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* E-mail: tianru.jin@utoronto.ca
Affiliations Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: WS ZY YC YY TC WF. Directed and planned research: IGF TJ. Generated data, discussion and manuscript writing: WS ZY TC. Provided research data: YC YY WF. Did rat mature adipocytes preparation: HL. Contributed to manuscript writing: WS ZY IGF TJ.