Figure 3. FO and FSO enriched diets decrease TNF-α expression.
Animals fed fish oil enriched (FO) or flaxseed oil enriched (FSO) diets demonstrate decrease TNF-α protein expression compared to those fed CON diets, as demonstrated by immunoblotting. ERK1/2 was used as a housekeeping protein to demonstrate equivalent protein loading in each lane. Densitometric quantification of TNF-α expression shows relative density of 0.42 ± 0.06 and 0.23 ± 0.1, in FO and FSO fed animals compared to control (1.0), respectively. * denotes p < 0.05 versus CON, ** denotes p < 0.01 versus CON.