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Disconnect between adipose tissue inflammation and cardiometabolic dysfunction in Ossabaw pigs.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Dec 2015
Vieira-Potter Victoria J, Lee Sewon, Bayless David S, Scroggins Rebecca J, Welly Rebecca J, Fleming Nicholas J, Smith Thomas N, Meers Grace M, Hill Michael A, Rector R Scott, Padilla Jaume
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The Ossabaw pig is emerging as an attractive model of human cardiometabolic disease because of its size and susceptibility to atherosclerosis, among other characteristics. The relationship between adipose tissue inflammation and metabolic dysfunction in this model was investigated here. METHODS: Young female Ossabaw pigs were fed a Western-style high-fat diet (HFD) (n = 4) or control low-fat diet (LFD)...
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