Estrogen restores disordered lipid metabolism in visceral fat of prediabetic mice
Su-Huan Liu, Zhao-Shui Shangguan, Paiziliya Maitiaximu, Zhi-Peng Li, Xin-Xin Chen, Can-Dong Li
Su-Huan Liu, Can-Dong Li, Research Base of Chinese Medicine Syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, Fujian Province, China
Su-Huan Liu, Zhao-Shui Shangguan, Paiziliya Maitiaximu, Zhi-Peng Li, Xin-Xin Chen, Research Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361003, Fujian Province, China
Co-first authors: Su-Huan Liu and Zhao-Shui Shangguan.
Author contributions: Liu SH was responsible for conceptualization, data collection and analysis, draft preparation, and funding acquisition; Shangguan ZS, Maitiaximu P, Li ZP, and Chen XX were responsible for data collection and analysis; Li CD was responsible for supervision and reviewing. Liu SH and Shangguan ZS contributed equally to this work as co-first authors. The reason for designating Liu SH and Shangguan ZS as co-first authors is because the research was performed as a collaborative effort, to which Liu SH and Shangguan ZS contributed efforts of equal substance throughout the research process.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81270901 and No. 81970672.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All procedures involving animals were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Xiamen University (Approval No. XMULAC20190105).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest for this article.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Can-Dong Li, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, President, Professor, Research Base of Chinese Medicine Syndrome, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 1 Qiuyang Road, Fuzhou 350122, China. fjzylcd@126.com
Received: December 31, 2023
Peer-review started: December 31, 2023
First decision: January 17, 2024
Revised: January 26, 2024
Accepted: March 11, 2024
Article in press: March 11, 2024
Published online: May 15, 2024
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