Commentary on fatty acid wars: the diffusionists versus the translocatists

Affiliations

¹ From the Cardiology Department, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX (H.P.); and Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, New York University Medical Center (K.M.).

Editorial

Henry Pownall et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 May.

. 2014 May;34(5):e8-9.

doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303380. Epub 2014 Mar 20.

¹ From the Cardiology Department, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX (H.P.); and Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, New York University Medical Center (K.M.).

No abstract available

Keywords: CD36 fatty acid transporter; Editorials; atherosclerosis; diabetes mellitus; fatty acids; lipids; membra nes.

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