CTRP2 Overexpression Improves Insulin and Lipid Tolerance in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

Jonathan M. Peterson; Marcus M. Seldin; Stefanie Y. Tan; G. William Wong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088535

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CTRP2 Overexpression Improves Insulin and Lipid Tolerance in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

Jonathan M. Peterson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Peterson, Marcus M. Seldin

Current address: Department of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Marcus M. Seldin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan M. Peterson, Marcus M. Seldin

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Stefanie Y. Tan,

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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G. William Wong

* E-mail: gwwong@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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CTRP2 Overexpression Improves Insulin and Lipid Tolerance in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

Jonathan M. Peterson,
Marcus M. Seldin,
Stefanie Y. Tan,
G. William Wong

Published: February 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088535

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