Fig 2.

Plasma and hepatic lipid levels in chow- and cholesterol-fed G5G8^−/− and wild-type mice. Individually housed 20-week-old mice were fed a powdered chow diet (0.02% cholesterol) or the same diet containing 2% cholesterol for 21 days. The mice were killed in the daylight portion of the cycle. Blood and liver were collected. Plasma (a) and hepatic (b) levels of lipids were measured by GC as described in Materials and Methods. +/+, wild-type mice; −/−, G5G8^−/− mice. *, P < 0.01 between wild-type and G5G8^−/− mice (n = 5 in each group).