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Mouse models of peripheral metabolic disease.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Jun 2018
da Silva Xavier Gabriela, Hodson David J
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Metabolic disease risk is driven by defects in the function of cells that regulate energy homeostasis, as well as altered communication between the different tissues or organs that these cells occupy. Thus, it is desirable to use model organisms to understand the contribution of different cells, tissues and organs to metabolism. Mice are widely used for metabolic research, since well-characterised mouse strains...
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