adipose tissue
• increase in amounts of mesenteric adipose tissue, peri-gonadal adipose tissue, retroperitoneal adipose tissue, and subcutaneous adipose tissue in mice fed the standard diet with a further increase on the Western diet, indicating central/abdominal obesity
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• mice on the standard diet exhibit enlarged adipose cell size in the subcutaneous and peri-gonadal adipose tissue
• a further increase in adipocyte cell size is seen on the Western diet
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behavior/neurological
• average food and calorie intake of standard-diet fed males is lower than in wild-type mice
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• average food and calorie intake of standard diet-fed females is increased compared to wild-type females
• average food and calorie intake of Western diet-fed males and females is increased compared to Western diet-fed wild-type mice
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• increase in pancreas insulin content in mice on a standard diet
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growth/size/body
• standard diet and Western diet-fed mice show increased body mass index
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• standard diet-fed females show increased body weight around week 4 of the diet while males do at week 5 of the diet
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• high-fat/high-sucrose (Western) diet-fed mice show a dramatic increase in body weight, with significant increases in females after only 1 week and in males after 3 weeks of the diet
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homeostasis/metabolism
• increase in pancreas insulin content in mice on a standard diet
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• high-fat/high-sucrose (Western) diet-fed mice show a dramatic increase in body weight, with significant increases in females after only 1 week and in males after 3 weeks of the diet
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• females exhibit an increase in basal blood glucose levels
• both primary (genetic) and secondary (dietary) preprandial hyperglycemia becomes significant after 3 weeks of diet intervention in males and at 6 weeks in females
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• standard diet-fed mice exhibit a decrease in basal serum ghrelin levels
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• males on a Western diet show an increase in basal serum insulin levels
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• female, but not male, standard diet-fed mice show increased leptin levels
• Western diet-fed males and females show an 8-fold increase in basal leptin levels
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• males fed the standard diet for 7 weeks exhibit higher blood cholesterol levels in week 3 of the diet while females do at week 4
• mice fed the Western diet exhibit severe increases in blood cholesterol levels
• preprandial blood cholesterol levels are increased
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• males fed the standard diet for 7 weeks exhibit hypertriglyceridemia in week 5 of the diet while females do at week 3
• mice fed the Western diet exhibit severe hypertriglyceridemia
• preprandial blood triglyceride levels are increased
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• mice fed a standard diet show lower blood glucose levels 15 min after glucose challenge
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• males on the Western diet exhibit a severe inability to maintain normal blood glucose levels despite a 16-fold increase in insulin secretion during glucose tolerance testing, indicating insulin resistance
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liver/biliary system
• mice develop hepatic steatosis which progresses to severe fatty liver disease when mice are fed a Western diet
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
obesity | DOID:9970 |
OMIM:601665 |
J:226064 | |
type 2 diabetes mellitus | DOID:9352 |
OMIM:125853 OMIM:601283 OMIM:601407 OMIM:603694 OMIM:608036 |
J:226064 |