Prevention of high-fat diet-induced muscular lipid accumulation in rats by α lipoic acid is not mediated by AMPK activation[S]

Skeletal muscle triglyceride accumulation is associated with insulin resistance in obesity. Recently, it has been suggested that α lipoic acid (ALA) improves insulin sensitivity by lowering triglyceride accumulation in nonadipose tissues via activation of skeletal muscle AMP-activated protein kinase...

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Main Authors: Silvie Timmers, Johan de Vogel-van den Bosch, Mhairi C. Towler, Gert Schaart, Esther Moonen-Kornips, Ronald P. Mensink, Matthijs K. Hesselink, D. Grahame Hardie, Patrick Schrauwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752030540X