TABLE 1.

Metabolic characteristics of sham-operated and portal-transplanted mice

	Sham	pTx
Before transplantation
Body weight (g)	22.3 ± 0.7	23.0 ± 0.4
Fat pad weight (mg)
Transplant		150 ± 7
At sacrifice
Body weight (g)	25.2 ± 0.4	26.0 ± 0.5
Fat pad weight (mg)
Transplant		117 ± 12
Epididymal	215 ± 22	222 ± 29
Mesenteric	135 ± 12	138 ± 11
Retroperitoneal	68 ± 11	59 ± 10
Inguinal	193 ± 21	188 ± 16
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.6 ± 0.7	5.7 ± 0.2
Insulin (pg/ml)	1,295 ± 486	1,479 ± 338
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	27.5 ± 3.7	33.0 ± 4.5
Leptin (pg/ml)	66.9 ± 14.6	81.6 ± 23.7
IL-6 (pg/ml)	6.5 ± 0.9	6.8 ± 1.6
FFA (mmol/l)	0.31 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.08

Data are means ± SE of 5–10 animals. Blood samples were taken 3 h after fasting.