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KMID : 0363320160370040609
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2016 Volume.37 No. 4 p.609 ~ p.623
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The Effects of Mori folium on Insulin Resistance and Adipose Tissue Inflammation in an Experimental Mouse Model of Obesity
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Ma Young-Hoon
Kim Hyo-Jae
Han Yang-Hee
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Abstract
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Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of Mori folium on insulin resistance and adipose tissue inflammation in an experimental mouse model of obesity.
Methods: Obesity was induced in C57BL/6 mice by feeding them a high-fat diet. The mice were divided into four groups (n=6): a normal diet, high-fat diet, high-fat diet with 40 mg of Mori folium, and high-fat diet with 800 mg of Mori folium groups. After 13 wk, the body weights, fasting blood glucose and fasting serum insulin levels, insulin resistance (homeostatic model assessment) levels, oral glucose tolerance test levels, epididymal fat and liver weights, and gene expression of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and interferon-γ were measured. In addition, adipose tissue macrophages were analyzed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting.
Results: Mori folium significantly reduced blood glucose levels, oral glucose tolerance levels, and liver weights. It also reduced adipose tissue macrophage numbers and tumor necrosis factor receptor-α gene expression.
Conclusions: These results show that Mori folium has insulin resistance reduction and anti-inflammatory effects in an experimental mouse model of obesity.
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KEYWORD
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Mori folium, obesity, blood glucose, insulin resistance, anti-inflammatory
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