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Phenotype-based treatment of dietary obesity: differential effects of fenofibrate in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Apr 2005
Ji Hong, Outterbridge Lisa V, Friedman Mark I
Abstract excerpt
High-fat diets (HFDs) promote hyperphagia and adiposity in animals and human beings. To test the hypothesis that limitations on fat oxidation underlie this propensity for diet-induced obesity, rats were treated with fenofibrate, which enhances fat oxidation mainly in liver by inducing expression of enzymes and proliferation of organelles involved in fatty acid oxidation. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a HFD...
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