Long non-coding RNA profiling of Simple steatosis and Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in the liver of mice

In our study, C57BL/6 male mice were fed a normal chow diet or high-fat diet additionally containing high-fructose and high-cholesterol (HFHC diet) for 12 weeks and 28 weeks to construct simple steatosis (NAFL) and Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) models respectively. Through lncRNA sequencing, a total of 1131 lncRNAs (798 up-regulated and 333 down-regulated) and 5161 lncRNAs (3168 up-regulated and 1993 down-regulated) were differentially expressed in livers of NAFL and NASH mice respectively. A total of 614 lncRNAs (455 up-regulated and 159 down-regulated) were dysregulated in both NASH and NAFL mice, while 4547 lncRNAs (2713 up-regulated; 1834 down-regulated) were altered specifically in NASH mice. Liver lncRNA profiles of NAFL and NASH mice