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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Coactivator-1α in the Spotlight with Multiple Sclerosis

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This insight was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (92268118, 82071396, 82271199, and 31970771), the Shaanxi Provincial Key R&D Foundation (2021ZDLSF03-09), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (GK202201013, GK202202006, and GK202105002), the Tian Jia Bing Scholar Program.

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    Ya-Na Yang, Mao-Qing Zhang, Feng-Lin Yu,  Bing Han, Ming-Yue Bao,  Yan He, Xing Li & Yuan Zhang

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Yang, YN., Zhang, MQ., Yu, FL. et al. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Coactivator-1α in the Spotlight with Multiple Sclerosis. Neurosci. Bull. 40, 268–272 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-023-01114-w

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