Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Author "Yan, Zhen"

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Calorie restriction and endurance exercise share potent anti-inflammatory function in adipose tissues in ameliorating diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice

Yan, Zhen (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2010)

Background: Calorie restriction (CR) and endurance exercise are known to attenuate obesity and improve the metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study was to directly compare the effects of CR and endurance exercise in a ...
Fiber Type-Specific Nitric Oxide Protects Oxidative Myofibers against Cachectic Stimuli

Yu, Zengli; Li, Ping; Stamler, Jonathan; Yan, Zhen (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2008)

Oxidative skeletal muscles are more resistant than glycolytic muscles to cachexia caused by chronic heart failure and other chronic diseases. The molecular mechanism for the protection associated with oxidative phenotype ...