Advances in MCFA to ameliorate lipoatrophic hepatocyte injury and lipid metabolism disorders (Review)
- Authors:
- Haibo Xu
- Baogui Wang
- Qi Wang
- Chunlong Sun
- Wen Du
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Affiliations: School of Health and Elderly Care, Shandong Women's University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Aviation, Binzhou, Shandong 256600, P.R. China, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Aviation, Binzhou, Shandong 256600, P.R. China - Published online on: June 10, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2025.13593
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