A simple and reliable diet-induced rodent animal model for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is described, achieved through non-SPF housing of the animals and administration of a specific high-fat diet. We describe identification of hepatic and adipose immune cell subsets to recapitulate human immunological conditions by exposing mice to environmental germs.
Sbierski-Kind, J., Schmidt-Bleek, K., Streitz, M., Kath, J., Spranger, J., Volk, H. An Advanced Murine Model for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Association with Type 2 Diabetes. J. Vis. Exp. (146), e59470, doi:10.3791/59470 (2019).