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Metformin or AICAR increases the phosphorylation of AMPK, which activates p38 MAPK. As a result, AMPK-p38MAPK signaling suppresses high-glucose induced Fet-A expression either by increasing proteasomal degradation and/or by decreasing hepatic expression of C/EBP beta.
