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Genetic and hormonal control of hepatic steatosis in female and male mice.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jan 2017
Norheim Frode, Hui Simon T, Kulahcioglu Emre, Mehrabian Margarete, Cantor Rita M, Pan Calvin, Parks Brian W, Lusis Aldons J
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is complex and influenced by factors such as obesity, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and sex. We now report a study on sex difference in hepatic steatosis in the context of genetic variation using a population of inbred strains of mice. While male mice generally exhibited higher concentration of hepatic TG levels on a high-fat high-sucrose diet, sex...
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