Molecular mechanism of ectopic lipid accumulation induced by methylglyoxal via activation of the NRF2/PI3K/AKT pathway implicates renal lipotoxicity caused by diabetes mellitus

• Chiung Chi Peng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Eugene Chang Yu Chen,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, MD Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Chang-Rong Chen,

  Roles Project administration, Software

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Charng-Cherng Chyau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Medical and Health Care, Hungkuang University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Kuan-Chou Chen ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: kuanchou@tmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Urology, Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, Zhong-He District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, TMU-Research Center of Urology and Kidney, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5512-4631

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• Robert Y. Peng

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Medical and Health Care, Hungkuang University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

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