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. 2012 Feb 20;7(2):e31616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031616

Table 4. The effect of cholesterol loading and depletion on plasma lipids in ApoF KO mice.

0.01% Ezetimibe 0.2% Cholesterol
WT KO WT KO
“n” 6 6 4 5
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) 70+/−6 77+/−9 79+/−10 86+/−14
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) 45+/−4 49+/−4 45+/−4 49+/−5
Non HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) 25+/−3 28+/−7 34+/−6 37+/−10
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 38+/−6 30+/−4 * 23+/−4 24+/−5
Body Weight (g) 18.4+/−0.6 19.3+/−0.9 19.4+/−1.8 20.2+/−0.8
Liver Weight (g) 0.96+/−0.5 0.97+/−0.10 1.11+/−0.12 1.05+/−0.07
Liver : BW (%) 5.2+/−0.1 5.0+/−0.3 5.8+/−0.9 5.2+/−0.4
Liver Cholesterol (mg/g) 3.2+/−0.7 3.8+/−0.4 3.9+/−0.4 4.8+/−0.6

ApoF wild type (WT) and knockout (KO) mice (9–10 weeks of age) were fed a chow diet supplemented with either 0.01% ezetimibe or 0.2% cholesterol for 11 days. Values are reported as mean +/− standard deviation.

*

P<0.05 relative to WT for each treatment group.