• Back to Visfatin (NAMPT, Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor, PBEF, Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, NAmPRTase, EC=2.4.2.12, Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor 1, PBEF1, NAMPT)

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