The skinny on fat: how oxysterols may regulate functional glucocorticoids in adipose tissue.

Endocrinology

Division of Women's Health and Musculoskeletal Biology, Wyeth Research, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19468, USA.

Published: December 2008

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