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. 2020 Sep 30;10:16160. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73166-1

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Schematic illustration; proposed model for estrogen regulation of the colon microenvironment during HFD-induced obesity. The HFD-induced impaired colonic circadian clock genes and increased cell proliferation was opposed by ERβ in males. The HFD-induced increase in macrophage infiltration was repressed by ERβ activation in both females and males.