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In addition, post-mortem histopathological assessment of the liver is available.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Metabolic tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>O2, CO2, activity, food\/water intake monitoring, endurance capacity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Metabolic cages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treadmill<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Assessment of metabolism<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glucose and insulin tolerance test<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In vivo assays for lipid metabolism: lipoprotein and chylomicron clearance, VLDL secretion, fatty acid oxidation, lipid absorption, retinol excursion<br><br><em>Assessment of blood pressure<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tail-cuff method<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liver ultrasound and MRI (in collaboration with Biomedical Imaging core facility at BCK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Histopathology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special immohistochemical stainings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conventional and fluorescence microscopy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confocal microscopy (in collaboration with Cellular Imaging Core Facility at BCK)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Histological slide scanning (in collaboration with Biobank at Kuopio University Hospital)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantitative image analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consultation for histopathology of mouse and pig cardiovascular system and liver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metabolic Phenotyping Unit provides state-of-the-art activity and energy metabolism monitoring in a metabolic cage (mice), sampling and assays for glucose and lipid metabolism, and blood pressure monitoring (mice and rats). In addition, post-mortem histopathological assessment of the liver is available. 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