Metabolic (diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and uremia) disease models:
All models include metabolic biomarker assays, such as glucose, glucose-clamp, on-line OGT-test, insulin-tolerance test, insulin and related hormone assays, pancreatic insulin, serum and tissue lipid analysis, atherosclerotic plaque analysis, inflammatory biomarker and risk factor assays, as well as basic metabolic parameters measured in metabolic cages.