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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Fuyuki Miya
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26224 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Tateno Chise C Kataoka Miho M Utoh Rie R Tachibana Asato A Itamoto Toshiyuki T Asahara Toshimasa T Miya Fuyuki F Tsunoda Tatsuhiko T Yoshizato Katsutoshi K
Endocrinology 20110208 4
Clinical studies have shown a close association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and adult-onset GH deficiency, but the relevant molecular mechanisms are still unclear. No mouse model has been suitable to study the etiological relationship of human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and human adult-onset GH deficiency under conditions similar to the human liver in vivo. We generated human (h-)hepatocyte chimeric mice with livers that were predominantly repopulated with h-hepatocytes in a h ...[more]