The A2b Adenosine Receptor Modulates Glucose Homeostasis and Obesity

Hillary Johnston-Cox; Milka Koupenova; Dan Yang; Barbara Corkey; Noyan Gokce; Melissa G. Farb; Nathan LeBrasseur; Katya Ravid

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040584

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The A2b Adenosine Receptor Modulates Glucose Homeostasis and Obesity

Hillary Johnston-Cox ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hillary Johnston-Cox, Milka Koupenova, Katya Ravid

Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Milka Koupenova ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hillary Johnston-Cox, Milka Koupenova, Katya Ravid

Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dan Yang,

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Barbara Corkey,

Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Noyan Gokce,

Affiliations Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Melissa G. Farb,

Affiliations Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nathan LeBrasseur,

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Katya Ravid

Contributed equally to this work with: Hillary Johnston-Cox, Milka Koupenova, Katya Ravid

* E-mail: kravid@bu.edu

Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The A2b Adenosine Receptor Modulates Glucose Homeostasis and Obesity

Hillary Johnston-Cox,
Milka Koupenova,
Dan Yang,
Barbara Corkey,
Noyan Gokce,
Melissa G. Farb,
Nathan LeBrasseur,
Katya Ravid

Published: July 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040584

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