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Expansion and contraction: the mighty, mighty fatty acid

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Figure 1: Complexities in fatty acids and their handling.

Kim Caesar

Figure 2: Systemic consequences of fatty acid and triglyceride storage.

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  1. Jorge Plutzky is in the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. jplutzky@rics.bwh.harvard.edu,

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Plutzky, J. Expansion and contraction: the mighty, mighty fatty acid. Nat Med 15, 618–619 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0609-618

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