Shift from visceral to subcutaneous fat in Cyp17a1 knockout rats prevent the progression of metabolic syndrome
Beom-Jin Jeon, Jeong‐Hwa Lee, Dong-Hyeok Kwon, Hee-Kyoung Kim, Goo Jang
This study shows that Cyp17a1 knockout in rats leads to obesity with increased subcutaneous fat, but without metabolic syndrome due to improved subcutaneous fat metabolism.
PLoS ONE · Dec 12, 2025Peer-reviewedPhysiology