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US 8,138,166 B2Granted
Method to induce fatty liver in animal
AssigneeTaipei Medical University
InventorsRong-Hong Hsieh, Sheng-Mei Lin
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method to induce fatty liver in an animal. The steps of the method comprise: feeding an animal with a high calorie diet, and injecting a mitochondrial inhibitor into the animal to inhibit the mitochondrial activity of the animal, then resulting in fat accumulation and inflammation in the liver of the animal.
Claims15
A method to induce fatty liver in an animal, comprising following steps:
- feeding an animal with a high calorie diet;
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- injecting a mitochondrial inhibitor into the animal to inhibit mitochondrial activity and to cause fat accumulation and inflammation in a liver of the animal.
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