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. 2014 Apr 25;46(4):e92. doi: 10.1038/emm.2014.10

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Collagen type I and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression levels in freshly extracted tissues from the high-fat diet (HFD) and oleuropein-supplemented HFD (OSD) groups after 3 or 6 months of oleuropein treatment in conjunction with the HFD after 6 months of the HFD alone. (a) α-SMA mRNA levels in OSD mice after 3 months (means±s.e.m.). (b) Collagen type I mRNA levels in OSD mice after 3 months (means±s.e.m.). (c) α-SMA mRNA levels in OSD mice after 6 months (means±s.e.m.). (d) Collagen type I mRNA levels in OSD mice after 6 months (means±s.e.m.). (e, f) Collagen type I protein levels and α-SMA protein levels in OSD mice after 3 and 6 months (means±s.e.m.). HFD vs OSD; n=4, *P<0.05.