Integrated multi-omic high-throughput strategies across-species identified potential key diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic targets for atherosclerosis under high glucose conditions
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE269426 | GEO | 2024/12/16
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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