Liver Transcriptomes of Simple steatosis in Mice

In our study, we constructed a Simple steatosis (NAFL) mouse model with a high-fructose and high-cholesterol (HFHC diet) for 12 weeks. Next, we performed RNA Sequencing analysis to reveal molecular features of Simple steatosis. As a result, we obtained hepatic genome-wide mRNA expression in the livers from two groups of mice (NAFL versus Normal).Using FDR < 0.01 and fold change > 2 as the threshold, we identified 176 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the livers of NAFL mice relative to the normal control mice, of which 118 up-regulated and 58 down-regulated. The top 5 up-regulated genes in NAFL mice included the genes encoding for Themis, Cfd, Aqp8, Osbpi3 and Scd1. Liver mRNA profiles of NAFL and Normal mice