mechanistic
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A type of industrial chemical might turn on a certain human cell signal at high levels, but actually turns it off at lower levels that are more like what people are exposed to.
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Exposure to short-chain chlorinated paraffins inhibited PPARα-mediated fatty acid oxidation and stimulated aerobic glycolysis in vitro in human cells.
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In Vitro
2021 Jun 10The study shows that these chemicals weakly turn on a fat-burning switch at high levels but turn it off at lower, more realistic human exposure levels, just like the claim says.
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