Research Article

Higd1a Protects Cells from Lipotoxicity under High-Fat Exposure

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Knocking down Higd1a aggravated liver injury in NAFLD mice. Mice were fed a standard diet (SD group) or high-fat diet (HFD group). Mice fed a HFD were subjected to caudal vein injection with adenoviral virus expressing Higd1a shRNA (HFD+shRNA Higd1a group) or controlled shRNA (HFD+shRNA NC group), and qRT-PCR (a) and western blot (b) were used to measure Higd1a mRNA and protein expression in each group; liver tissues in each group were stained with HE for histological examination, and more severe liver injury was noted in the HFD+shRNA Higd1a group compared with other groups (c) ( compared with the SD group; compared with the HFD+shRNA NC group).
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