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. 2015 Jul 16;5:10457. doi: 10.1038/srep10457

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Effects of oral administration of AP-PG on liver injury caused by HFD (A) ALT activity in the serum of the mice.(B-D) Expression of Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase (HMGR; B), HMG-CoA synthase (HMGS; C), and cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1; D) mRNAs in the liver quantified using real-time RT-PCR. Data represent relative expression values compared with the NC control after normalization with glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA expression. (E) Feces were collected from mice at the time point indicated in the Figure, and the amounts of fecal bile acid were measured as described in Method section. Data represent relative bile acid amounts compared with the control. Error bars indicate standard deviations. NC: normal control diet. HFD: high-fat diet. Single asterisk (*), double asterisks (**), and triple asterisks (***) indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.005 respectively). n.s.: not significant.