Plasma mitochondrial DNA is elevated in obese type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and correlates positively with insulin resistance

• Larysa V. Yuzefovych,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Viktor M. Pastukh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Mykhaylo V. Ruchko,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Jon D. Simmons,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• William O. Richards,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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• Lyudmila I. Rachek

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lrachek@southalabama.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

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