Sentences with phrase «obese mice and humans»

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The large amounts of fat around the testes of obese mice, «could alter the environment and encourage epigenetic changes», says Teague, who presented the results at the 14th World Congress on Human Reproduction in Melbourne, Australia, this month.

A common antioxidant found in human breast milk and foods like kiwi fruit can protect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring of obese mice, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Based on the observation that obese mice, rats, and humans all had elevated serum concentrations of a protein called GDF15 compared to lean controls, Yumei Xiong and colleagues set out to develop therapies derived from the molecule.

We estimate that the percentage of macrophages in adipose tissue ranges from under 10 % in lean mice and humans to over 50 % in extremely obese, leptin - deficient mice and nearly 40 % in obese humans.

Both obese humans and mice have significantly elevated soluble Fabp4 / aP2 levels, and injection of recombinant Fabp4 / aP2 into lean wild type mice stimulates hepatic glucose production and gluconeogenesis.

CD36 - and GPR120 - mediated Ca2 + signaling in human taste bud cells mediates differential responses to fatty acids and is altered in obese mice.

In rodents, ketogenic diets reduce reactive oxygen species in the brain34 and reduce central inflammation and reactive oxygen species in a model of multiple sclerosis.35 Two clinical papers have found that ketogenic diet feeding of 12 weeks to 6 months reduced signs of liver inflammation in obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (in addition to improving various other physiological and biochemical variables).36, 37 Unfortunately, basic research into non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has been hampered by species differences between mice and humans in their hepatic reaction to ketogenic diets.38

Calorie Restriction - like Effects of 30 Days of Resveratrol Supplementation on Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Profile in Obese Humans Cell Metabolism 2011 (Nov 2); 14 (5): 612 — 622 ~ FULL TEXT The result of just 30 days on resveratrol were impressive: (1) The same gene regulators (AMPK, SIRT1 and PGC - 1a) were activated in this study as are activated by caloric restriction and resveratrol in mice and endurance training in hHumans Cell Metabolism 2011 (Nov 2); 14 (5): 612 — 622 ~ FULL TEXT The result of just 30 days on resveratrol were impressive: (1) The same gene regulators (AMPK, SIRT1 and PGC - 1a) were activated in this study as are activated by caloric restriction and resveratrol in mice and endurance training in humanshumans.