Fig. 4.
MCPs improve liver steatosis and up-regulate PPAR-α expression in livers from type 2 diabetic rats. Normal rats received a vehicle control and obese Wistar rats with type 2 diabetes received a vehicle control or different doses of MCPs. Each group included 10 rats. After 4 weeks, rats were sacrificed, and livers were stained by H&E and immnuohistochemistry. PPAR-α positive cells were counted randomly in ten fields from each sample