Research Article

HNF1α Controls Liver Lipid Metabolism and Insulin Resistance via Negatively Regulating the SOCS-3-STAT3 Signaling Pathway

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HNF1α inhibits FFA-induced steatosis in LO2 cells. (a) Oil Red O staining showed that the number of red granular lipid droplets decreased after upregulating the expression of HNF1α and the number of red granular lipid droplets increased after downregulating the expression of HNF1α. (b–d) Biochemical indicator tests showed that the upregulation of HNF1α expression caused significant decreases in TC, TG, and NEFA content. Downregulation of HNF1α expression led to significantly increased content of TC, TG, and NEFA. Reported values are the of the three independent tests, with , , and .
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