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Impact of clock gene Bmal1 deficiency on nutritionally induced obesity in mice.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Mar 2011
Hemmeryckx Bianca, Himmelreich Uwe, Hoylaerts Marc F, Lijnen Henri R
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the hypothesis that the clock gene Bmal1 (brain and muscle arnt like protein-1) plays a role in the development of obesity, 5-week-old male Bmal1-deficient (Bmal1(-/-)) mice and wild-type littermates (Bmal1(+/+)) were kept on a high-fat diet (HFD) for 15 weeks. Despite an initial accelerated weight gain of Bmal1(-/-) mice, body weight and subcutaneous (SC) and gonadal (GON) adipose tissue mass were...
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