Effect of cocoa supplementation on the expression of pro-inflammatory genes in SVF of WAT. Expression of a
Il6, b
Il12b, c
Nos2, and d
Emr1 was determined at the end of the experiment using RNA isolated from the epididymal SVF from a set of representative mice from Experiment 2. LF, n = 10; HF, n = 18; and HF-HFC, n = 18. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Means were compared to the HF-fed controls by one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s posttest (an asterisk indicates P < 0.05)