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Restriction of dietary protein does not promote hepatic lipogenesis in lean or fatty pigs.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Apr 2016
Madeira Marta S, Pires Virgínia M R, Alfaia Cristina M, Lopes Paula A, Martins Susana V, Pinto Rui M A, Prates José A M
Abstract excerpt
The influence of genotype (lean v. fatty) and dietary protein level (normal v. reduced) on plasma metabolites, hepatic fatty acid composition and mRNA levels of lipid-sensitive factors is reported for the first time, using the pig as an experimental model. The experiment was conducted on forty entire male pigs (twenty lean pigs of Large White×Landrace×Pietrain cross-breed and twenty fatty pigs of Alentejana...
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