homeostasis/metabolism
• both male and female mice fed a chow diet show a significant reduction in plasma total cholesterol concentration relative to wild-type controls
• however, hepatic concentration of total cholesterol is relatively normal in both sexes
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• both male and female mice fed a chow diet show a decrease in HDL-C levels relative to wild-type controls
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• female mice fed a chow diet show a significant reduction in plasma triglyceride concentration relative to wild-type controls
• however, male mice show no changes in plasma triglycerides and hepatic triglyceride concentrations are relatively normal in both sexes
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• male mice treated with AAV8-TBG-Aldoc (to restore expression of Aldoc to hepatocytes), fasted for 24 h, and refed with a high carbohydrate diet for 16 h (to induce de novo lipogenesis within the liver) show a significant increase in plasma triglycerides
• however, treatment with AAV8-TBG-Aldoc has no effect on plasma triglyceride levels after only a 24-h fast
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