Figure 6. Hepatic inactivation of Baf60a protects mice from diet-induced atherosclerosis.
(A) Fed and fasting plasma cholesterol levels in flox/flox:ApoE-/- and BaLKO:ApoE-/- mice fed with WD for 12 weeks (n = 6).
(B) Representative images of en face Oil Red O stained aortic arches.
(C) Quantification of lesion area (n = 10-15).
(D) qPCR analysis of hepatic gene expression in flox/flox:ApoE-/- and BaLKO:ApoE-/- mouse livers (n = 6-9).
(E) Schematic model of the Baf60a/CAR feedforward regulatory loop inmediating diet-induced hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis. Data shown inA, C, and D represent mean ± s.e.m.; *P < 0.05 by two-tailed Student's t-test.