A low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet induces the expression of very-low-density lipoprotein receptor in liver and affects its associated metabolic abnormalities

ARTICLE OPEN A low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet induces the expression of very-low-density lipoprotein receptor in liver and affects its associated metabolic abnormalities Tetsuya Okuda 1 * A low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (LCKD) promotes the progression of hepatic steatosis in C57BL/6 wild-type mice, but improves the condition in leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob) mice. Here, we show a novel effect of LCKD associated with the conflicting effects on these mice. Gene expression microarray analyses...