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Pathophysiological studies on life-style related diseases
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- Ji X, Naito Y, Weng H, et al. P2rx7 deficiency attenuates hypertension and renal injury in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2012; 303:1207-15 (7)
- Weng H, Ji X, Naito Y, et al. Pex11α deficiency impairs peroxisome elongation and division and contributes to nonalcoholic fatty liver in mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E187-96 (3)
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