An extract of Urtica dioica L. mitigates obesity induced insulin resistance in mice skeletal muscle via protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A).

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Published in Sci Rep on February 26, 2016

Authors

Diana N Obanda1, David Ribnicky2, Yongmei Yu1, Jacqueline Stephens1, William T Cefalu1

Author Affiliations

1: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
2: Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.

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