Fat Metabolism (IMAGE)

Penn State

Fat Metabolism

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Normal mice fed a diet deficient in leucine do not accumulate fat in their liver (left panel) whereas mutant mice that lack the GCN2 enzyme develop a massive accumulation of fat (severe hepatic steatosis), as seen in the right panel (red droplets).

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Douglas Cavener Lab, Penn State

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