Lipoexpediency
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Lipoexpediency refers to the beneficial effects of lipids in a cell or a tissue, primarily lipid-mediated signal transmission events, that may occur even in the setting of excess fatty acids. The term was coined as an antonym to lipotoxicity.[1]
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- ^ Lodhi IJ, Wei X, Semenkovich CF (January 2011). "Lipoexpediency: de novo lipogenesis as a metabolic signal transmitter". Trends Endocrinol. Metab. 22 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.tem.2010.09.002. PMC 3011046. PMID 20889351.
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