Enhanced Gastrointestinal Expression of Cytosolic Malic Enzyme (ME1) Induces Intestinal and Liver Lipogenic Gene Expression and Intestinal Cell Proliferation in Mice

• Ahmed Al-Dwairi ,

  ¶These authors are co-first authors

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Adam R. Brown ,

  ¶These authors are co-first authors

  Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• John Mark P. Pabona,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Trang H. Van,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Hamdan Hamdan,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Charles P. Mercado,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Charles M. Quick,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Patricia A. Wight,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Rosalia C. M. Simmen,

  Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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• Frank A. Simmen

  * E-mail: simmenfranka@uams.edu

  Affiliations Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

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