Tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis), a novel non-obese animal model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming a severe public health problem that is affecting a large proportion of the world population. Generally, NAFLD in patients is usually accompanied by obesity, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), for which numerous anim...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Linqiang, Wu, Xiaoyun, Liao, Shasha, Li, Yunhai, Zhang, Zhiguo, Chang, Qing, Xiao, Ruyue, Liang, Bin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087676/