Sentences with phrase «groups of obese mice»

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Friedman's group was able to track down the mutation in the obese mice and found that it blocked production of a particular protein hormone, which they named leptin.

Scientists reached this conclusion by transferring microbes from bypass - treated obese mice to a group of lean mice raised in sterile conditions that left them with no intestinal bacteria at all.

Both groups became obese and developed a mouse form of diabetes.

Separate groups of germfree mice were colonized with uncultured fecal microbiota from each member of four twin pairs discordant for obesity or with culture collections from an obese (Ob) or lean (Ln) co-twin.

We examined six experimental groups of 20 - week - old C57BL / 6J mice: (a) lean C57BL / 6J female mice, (b) lean C57BL / 6J male mice, (c) moderately obese C57BL / 6J male mice with diet - induced obesity, (d) moderately obese female B6.Cg Ay / + mice, (e) severely obese female B6.V Lepob / ob mice, and (f) severely obese male B6.V Lepob / ob mice.

Over an eight - week period, a control group of mice fed a high - fat diet predictably became obese, but the mice whose Hedgehog pathway had been activated didn't gain any more weight than another control group fed on a normal diet.

Obese mice that ate a high - fat diet along with the green tea compound EGCG (Epigallocatechin -3-gallate) gained weight significantly more slowly compared to a control group of mice which didn't get the green tea supplement.

The final group, the obese mice with an inability to create myostatin remained fat, but they also exhibited perks of their new ability — they were much stronger than their counterparts and their heart and metabolic health had improved.