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Fig. 9 | Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

Fig. 9

From: Aerobic exercise and metformin on intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT): insights from multimodal MRI and histological changes in prediabetic rats

Fig. 9

Potential mechanisms whereby moderate aerobic exercise, metformin alone, or combined intervention affects IMATs in prediabetic rats (created by BioRender). AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase, DTI diffusion-tensor imaging, GLUT-1 glucose transporter-1, GLUT-4 glucose transporter-4, IL-6 interleukin-6, IMAT intermuscular adipose tissue, MRI magnetic-resonance imaging, MRS magnetic-resonance spectroscopy, NF-κB nuclear factor kappa-B, NRF-2 nuclear respiratory factor-2, PGC1-α peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactlvator-1α, PPAR-γ peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-γ, SIRT-1 silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog-1, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α

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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

ISSN: 1758-5996

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