The small intestine participates in lipid digestion, metabolism and transport. Cytosolic malic enzyme 1 (ME1) is an enzyme that generates NADPH used in fatty acid and cholesterol biosynthesis. Previou
Data are means ± SEM, n = 8 for all groups. *Significantly different from the Control and Control+ASE groups (p< 0.05). †Significantly different from the corresponding HF group (p< 0.05). Effects of H
Obesity stimulates the infiltration of adipose tissue by innate immune cells, which in turn promote insulin resistance via the NFkB mediated induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which interfere wi