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- Received May 29, 2007
- Revision received October 12, 2007
- Accepted October 12, 2007
- First published November 21, 2007.
- Version of record published November 21, 2007.
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- 1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism,
- 2Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, and
- 3Neuroscience Graduate Group, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Rexford S. Ahima, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 715 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104. ahima{at}mail.med.upenn.edu
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- Received May 29, 2007.
- Revision received October 12, 2007.
- Accepted October 12, 2007.
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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant PO1 DK049210 (R.S.A., M.A.L.) and the American Diabetes Association Medical Scholars Award (N.S.S). Clamp and tracer studies were performed in the University of Pennsylvania Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center Mouse Phenotyping Core (P30 DK019525). We thank Yong Qi for technical assistance with insulin clamp, Charlotte Lee for in situ hybridization, Lori Flanagan-Cato for use of facilities for brain immunohistochemistry, and Philipp Scherer for providing the recombinant murine resistin.
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The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Rexford S. Ahima, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 715 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104. ahima{at}mail.med.upenn.edu
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