Psammomys obesus (sand rat), a new animal model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Maislos, Maximo ^a   Medvedovskv, Vitali ^a   Sztarkier, Ignacio ^a   Yaari, Arieh ^a   Sikuler, Emanuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; NAFLD; Psammomys obesus; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY LIVER; GERBILLINAE; INSULIN; LIPIDS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, OBESE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 33645292603     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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