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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Effect of Chronic Western Diets on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver of Male Mice Modifying the PPAR-γ Pathway via miR-27b-5p Regulation.

Jian Zhang, Catherine A Powell, Matthew K Kay, Ravi Sonkar, Sunitha Meruvu, Mahua Choudhury

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Unifying and unique roles of non-coding RNA biomarkers in liver and heart fibrosis.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2026
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  6. Noninvasive Monitoring of Steatotic Liver Disease in Western Diet-Fed Obese Mice Using Automated Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian ZhangPharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Catherine A PowellPharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Matthew K KayPharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Ravi SonkarPharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Sunitha MeruvuPharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Mahua ChoudhuryPharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Texas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

The Morris L Lichtenstein Jr Medical Research Foundation N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Western diets contribute to metabolic diseases. However, the effects of various diets and epigenetic mechanisms are mostly unknown. Here, six week-old C57BL/6J male and female mice were fed with a low-fat diet (LFD), high-fat diet (HFD), and high-fat high-fructose diet (HFD-HF) for 20 weeks. We determined that HFD-HF or HFD mice experienced significant metabolic dysregulation compared to the LFD. HFD-HF and HFD-fed male mice showed significantly increased body weight, liver size, and fasting glucose levels with downregulated PPARγ, SCD1, and FAS protein expression. In contrast, female mice were less affected by HFD and HFD-HF. As miR-27b contains a seed sequence in PPARγ, it was discovered that these changes are accompanied by male-specific upregulation of miR-27b-5p, which is even more pronounced in the HFD-HF group (

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Gene Expression RegulationSignal TransductionAnimalsDiet, WesternMaleMiceMicroRNAsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePPAR gammaMicroRNAsMirn27 microRNA, mousePPAR gammaPparg protein, mousediabetesfibrosis progressionhigh-fat high-fructose dietnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasenoncoding RNAobesityPPARγ

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PMID33673073
PMCPMC7917964
OpenAlexW3131781607

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