“…To establish the DIO mouse model, male C57BL/6J mice, starting at six weeks of age, were fed either a high-fat diet (HFD; consisting of 60% of calories from fat, sourced from D12492, Research Diets Inc.) or a standard chow diet (Teklad, 2018S, Envigo) for a period of 6 to 18 weeks, following protocols previously established ( Fig. 1 , 2a ) [ 20 - 23 ]. All experimental procedures were carried out using age-matched control groups to ensure accuracy and reliability.…”