Project description:To study the mechanism of protective effect by White Button Mushroom (WBM) for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in ovariectomized mice (model for postmenopausal women). The ovariectomized mice were fed WBM diet for 3 month, sacrificed to harvest liver. 4 mice for control diet and 4 mice for WBM diet.
Project description:To study the mechanism of protective effect by White Button Mushroom (WBM) for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in ovariectomized mice (model for postmenopausal women).
Project description:Purpose: We investigated the tetrachloroethylene associated changes in kidney transcriptomes among healthy mice, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease mice, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis mice.
Project description:Whole liver from mice with diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) was subjected to bulk RNA-seq. Ingenuity pathway analysis implicated pathways related to the leukocyte adhesion and differentiation in the pathogenesis of NASH. Among the adhesion molecules expressed in endothelial cells, only Icam1 (Log2FC: 1.99; FDR: 1.55E-37) and Vcam1 (Log2FC: 1.93; FDR: 9.32E-35) were differentially upregulated in NASH liver.
Project description:The farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a nuclear receptor activated by bile acids and regulates bile acid metabolism, glucose and cholesterol homeostasis. From mouse studies we know that the novel FXR agonist obeticholic acid (OCA) regulates expression of many genes in the liver, but there is currently no data on the effects of OCA on human liver gene expression. This is especially relevant since the novel FXR agonist OCA is currently tested in clinical trials for the treatment of several diseases, such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and Type 2 Diabetes. In this study we investigate the effect of OCA treatment on gene expression profiles and localization of FXR to the genome in relevant liver samples. ChIP-Seq for FXR in Liver tissue from 2 male mice treated with OCA/INT-747 (10mg/kg/day) and 2 male mice treated with vehicle (1% methyl cellulose).
