Fig. 1.
Effects of, sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2)/sterol carrier protein-x (SCP-x) gene ablation and cholesterol-rich diet on hepatic lipid concentrations in mice. The total lipid (A), neutral lipid (B), phospholipid (C), total cholesterol (D), free cholesterol (E), cholesteryl ester (F), and triacylglycerol (G) levels from SCP-2/SCP-x −/− [double knockout (DKO)] vs. SCP-2/SCP-x+/+ [wild-type (WT)] mice were quantified as described in experimental materials. CO, control diet; CH, high-cholesterol diet. Solid bars: WT mice; open bars: DKO mice. Values are means ± SE (n = 6–7). *P < 0.05 for DKO vs. WT. #P < 0.05, CH vs. CO.