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Oxidative stress and insulin action: is there a relationship?

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Abbreviations

NO:

Nitric oxide

GSH:

reduced glutathione

MDA:

malondialdehyde

MLF:

membrane lipid fluidity

MPM:

membrane protein mobility

NEFA:

non-esterified fatty acids

GSSG:

oxidised glutathione

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Paolisso, G., Giugliano, D. Oxidative stress and insulin action: is there a relationship?. Diabetologia 39, 357–363 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00418354

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