Rosiglitazone Improves Survival and Hastens Recovery from Pancreatic Inflammation in Obese Mice

Obesity increases severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) by unclear mechanisms. We investigated the effect of the PPAR-gamma agonist rosiglitazone (RGZ, 0.01% in the diet) on severity of AP induced by administration of IL-12+ IL-18 in male C57BL6 mice fed a low fat (LFD) or high fat diet (HFD), under t...

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Main Authors: Pini, Maria, Rhodes, Davina H., Castellanos, Karla J., Cabay, Robert J., Grady, Eileen F., Fantuzzi, Giamila
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3397967/