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C57BL/6JRj mice are protected against diet induced obesity (DIO).
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 13 Jan 2012
Kern Matthias, Knigge Anja, Heiker John T, Kosacka Joanna, Stumvoll Michael, Kovacs Peter, Blüher Matthias, Klöting Nora
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The C57BL/6 (B6) is one of the oldest inbred mouse strains. It has been widely used as control strain in metabolism research for many decades. Preliminary data from our lab indicated that C57BL/6JRj mice are not responding to diet induced obesity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the two different B6 substrains, C57BL/6NTac and C57BL/6JRj, in regard to their response to diet induced obesity (DIO)...
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