Communications Biology (May 2022)

Dietary intervention improves health metrics and life expectancy of the genetically obese Titan mouse

  • Annika Müller-Eigner,
  • Adrián Sanz-Moreno,
  • Irene de-Diego,
  • Anuroop Venkateswaran Venkatasubramani,
  • Martina Langhammer,
  • Raffaele Gerlini,
  • Birgit Rathkolb,
  • Antonio Aguilar-Pimentel,
  • Tanja Klein-Rodewald,
  • Julia Calzada-Wack,
  • Lore Becker,
  • Sergio Palma-Vera,
  • Benedikt Gille,
  • Ignasi Forne,
  • Axel Imhof,
  • Chen Meng,
  • Christina Ludwig,
  • Franziska Koch,
  • John T. Heiker,
  • Angela Kuhla,
  • Vanessa Caton,
  • Julia Brenmoehl,
  • Henry Reyer,
  • Jennifer Schoen,
  • Helmut Fuchs,
  • Valerie Gailus-Durner,
  • Andreas Hoeflich,
  • Martin Hrabe de Angelis,
  • Shahaf Peleg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03339-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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This study further characterizes the non-inbred Titan (also known as DU6) mouse line, which could be a useful model for obesity research.