Table 3.
Summary of diet effects on leptin and apoptosis signaling protein and mRNA expression levels
| MT | MFP | |||
| Leptin signaling molecules | ||||
| Leptin | NC | ![]() |
NC | NC |
| ObR | NC | ![]() |
NC | ![]() |
| ObRb | ![]() |
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| Jak2 | ![]() |
NM | ![]() |
NM |
| pSTAT3 | ![]() |
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NC | NC |
| Apoptosis signaling molecules | ||||
| PARP (total) | ![]() |
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| PARP (89 kDa) | ![]() |
NC | ||
| PARP (24 kDa) | ![]() |
NC | ||
| Caspase-3 activity | ![]() |
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| Bax | NC | ![]() |
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| Bcl-2 | NC | NC | ||
| Bcl-XL | ![]() |
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| pAkt | NC | NC | ||
Jak2, Janus kinase 2; MFP, mammary fat pad; MT, mammary tumor; NC, no statistically significant change; NM, not measured; pAkt, phosphorylated Akt; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase; pSTAT3, phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. Solid arrows show protein expression and dashed lines mRNA expression.

