Effect of Weight-Reduction in Obese Mice Lacking Toll-Like Receptor 5 and C57BL/6 Mice Fed a Low-Fat Diet

• Main Authors: Shao-Chun Wu (Author), Cheng-Shyuan Rau (Author), Tsu-Hsiang Lu (Author), Siou-Ling Tzeng (Author), Yi-Chan Wu (Author), Chia-Jung Wu (Author), Chia-Wei Lin (Author), Ching-Hua Hsieh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. This study aims to investigate the effect of feeding low-fat diet (LFD) to diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice lacking TLR5 (TLR5−/−), which have a tendency to develop glucose intolerance with increased adiposity, compared to that in C57BL/6 mice. Results. TLR5−/− and C57BL/6 male mice were...