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Further real-time quantitative PCR analysis showed that MV upregulated the expression of lactate dehydrogenase A (<jats:italic>Ldha<\/jats:italic>), hexokinase 2 (<jats:italic>Hk2<\/jats:italic>) and pyruvate kinase M2 (<jats:italic>Pkm2<\/jats:italic>). Western blotting and immunohistochemistry analysis showed that MV restored the expression of lactate dehydrogenase A (<jats:italic>Ldha<\/jats:italic>), hexokinase 2 (<jats:italic>Hk2<\/jats:italic>) and pyruvate kinase M2 (<jats:italic>Pkm2<\/jats:italic>). 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