Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 197-205 , March 2011

Insulin-mimetic action of conglutin-γ, a lupin seed protein, in mouse myoblasts

  • I. Terruzzi

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition-Metabolism Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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  • P. Senesi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Sport, Nutrizione e Salute. Facoltà di Scienze motorie. Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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  • C. Magni

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari Agroalimentari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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  • A. Montesano

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition-Metabolism Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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  • A. Scarafoni

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari Agroalimentari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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  • L. Luzi

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition-Metabolism Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
    • Dipartimento di Sport, Nutrizione e Salute. Facoltà di Scienze motorie. Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Nutrition-Metabolism Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. Tel.: +39 02 2643 3738; fax: +39 02 2643 3407.
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  • M. Duranti

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari Agroalimentari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Received 19 February 2009 ,Revised 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.09.004

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 197-205 , March 2011

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