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SUBMITTER: Mishra AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mishra Arun Prakash AP Siva Archana B AB Gurunathan Chandrashekaran C Komala Y Y Lakshmi B Jyothi BJ
Laboratory animal research 20201113 1
WDR13 - a WD repeat protein, is abundant in pancreas, liver, ovary and testis. Absence of this protein in mice has been seen to be associated with pancreatic β-cell proliferation, hyperinsulinemia and age dependent mild obesity. Previously, we have reported that the absence of WDR13 in diabetic Lepr<sup>db/db</sup> mice helps in amelioration of fatty liver phenotype along with diabetes and systemic inflammation. This intrigued us to study direct liver injury and hepatic regeneration in Wdr13<sup ...[more]