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The many faces of the creatine/phosphocreatine system

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The creatine/phosphocreatine system is known to have diverse functions in various tissues. Maqdasy, Lecoutre and colleagues reveal a new role, namely, regulating the development of obesity-induced inflammation in white adipocytes.

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Fig. 1: Different roles of creatine/phosphocreatine metabolism.

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This work was supported by Soonchunhyang University and the Regional Leading Research Center (RLRC) grant to J.L. (NRF-2019R1A5A8083404); the RLRC grant is from the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)-funded National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).

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Kim, J., Lee, J. The many faces of the creatine/phosphocreatine system. Nat Metab 4, 155–156 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-022-00539-3

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