Editorial: Are Rodent Models Fit for Investigation of Human Obesity and Related Diseases?

Front Nutr. 2017 Dec 1:4:58. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2017.00058. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Patrick C Even¹, Sam Virtue², Nicholas M Morton³, Gilles Fromentin¹, Robert K Semple^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ UMR Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement Alimentaire, AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, France.
² Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
³ University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: disease; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; obesity; rodent models; type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Publication types

Editorial