Figure 5.

Comparison of the relative gene expression levels in the liver between the P. gingivalis-infected mice and the sham-infected mice (N = 5 in the sham-infected group, N = 6 in the infected group). The relative mRNA levels for the investigated genes were normalized to the relative glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA levels. The box plots represent medians, with the 25^th and 75^th percentiles being depicted as boxes and the 10^th and 90^th percentiles presented as whiskers. Significant differences were observed for Srebf2 and Idol (* P < 0.05, Mann–Whitney U-test).