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Diet-Induced Swine Model with Obesity/Leptin Resistance for the Study of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes

The objective of the present study was to determine the suitability of a swine breed with leptin resistance and predisposition to obesity (the Iberian pig) as model for studies on metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Thus, six Iberian sows had ad libitum access to food enriched with saturated fat...

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Autores principales: Torres-Rovira, L., Astiz, S., Caro, A., Lopez-Bote, C., Ovilo, C., Pallares, P., Perez-Solana, M. L., Sanchez-Sanchez, R., Gonzalez-Bulnes, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific World Journal 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/510149