Fattening Gene (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Fattening Gene

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This is a fatty liver with SIRT7. The microscope images show the liver tissue of control animals (left) and mice that lack the SIRT7 gene magnified by a factor of 400. Whereas the control animals form large numbers of fat depots when fed a high-fat diet, the SIRT7-knockout mice do not develop fatty liver.

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MPI f. Heart and Lung Research

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