Electronic supplementary material Additional file 1: Figure S1. Title of data: Moderate steatosis db/db mice. Description of data: Hematoxylin and eosin staining showing mild to moderate steatosis in female and male db/db mice as compared to C57BKS mice livers. (PDF 20 MB) Additional file 2: Table S1. Title of data: Primary antibodies for western blot. Description of data: Type, dilution, molecular weight and sources of primary antibodies for western blot. (DOCX 16 KB) References

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