Innate Lymphoid Cells Needed for Diet-Induced Obesity (IMAGE)

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Innate Lymphoid Cells Needed for Diet-Induced Obesity

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Photos of the livers from the three mouse groups on high-fat (top row) and normal (bottom row) diets. A normal diet resulted in normal livers. Unmodified mice and mice without any acquired immune developed large and fatty livers after eating the high fat diet (top, left and middle). In contrast, the mice without innate immune cells had livers that were just as healthy as those who ate the normal diet (right, compare top and bottom).

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