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Estrogen replacement reverses the hepatic steatosis phenotype in the male aromatase knockout mouse.
Endocrinology - 1 Apr 2004
Hewitt Kylie N, Pratis Kyriakos, Jones Margaret E E, Simpson Evan R
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The aromatase knockout (ArKO) mouse cannot synthesize endogenous estrogens due to a disruption to the Cyp19 gene. Previously we have shown both male and female ArKO mice have an age progressive obese phenotype and a sexually dimorphic disruption to hepatic cholesterol and triglyceride homeostasis. Only ArKO males have elevated hepatic triglyceride levels leading to hepatic steatosis partly due to an increase in...
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