Estradiol-dependent and independent effects of FGF21 in obese female mice by T. V. Jakovleva, A. Yu. Kazantseva, A. D. Dubinina, N. Yu. Balybina, K. O. Baranov, E. N. Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…In ovariectomized (OVX) females, the development of obesity was induced by the consumption of a high sweet-fat diet (standard chow, lard, and cookies) for 8 weeks. We investigated the effects of FGF21 on body weight, blood levels, food preferences and gene expression in tissues when FGF21 was administered separately or in combination with E2 for 13 days. …”
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Effect of Ginkgolide B on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease based on Notch Signaling Pathway by Hong YU, Junzi WU, Bo SONG, Jun LI

“…The normal group were fed with normal fodder for 12 weeks, and the experiment group were fed with high-fat and high-sugar fodder (83.25%basic feed, 10%lard, 5%sucrose, 1.5%cholesterol and 0.25%sodium cholate) for 12 weeks to construct NAFLD animal model (The success criterion for modeling is that: there are a large number of fat vacuoles in the liver). …”
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