Bariatric surgery emphasizes biological sex differences in rodent hepatic lipid handling

Autor: Darleen A. Sandoval, Bernadette E. Grayson, Michelle R. Adams, Rebekah Karns, Joyce Sorrell, Randy J. Seeley, Ruth Gutierrez-Aguilar, Emily K. Matter, Philip N. Howles
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Biology of Sex Differences
ISSN: 2042-6410
Popis: Background Eighty percent of patients who receive bariatric surgery are women, yet the majority of preclinical studies are in male rodents. Because sex differences drive hepatic gene expression and overall lipid metabolism, we sought to determine whether sex differences were also apparent in these endpoints in response to bariatric surgery. Methods Two cohorts of age-matched virgin male and female Long-Evans rats were placed on a high fat diet for 3 weeks and then received either Sham or vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), a surgery which resects 80% of the stomach with no intestinal rearrangement. Results Each sex exhibited significantly decreased body weight due to a reduction in fat mass relative to Sham controls (p
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