Figure 4.
Expressions of genes related to beige transformation and thermogenesis in the EFPs. HE; HED vehicle control, 1X; HED with 77.5 mg/kg/day of GTE, 2X; HED with 155 mg/kg/day of GTE. Genes related to (a) beige transformation and (b) thermogenesis were detected by an RT-qPCR. Representative blots (c) and protein levels (d) of UCP-1 were detected using western blotting. All values are the mean ± SEM (n = 10 rats/group). Different superscript letters (a and b) indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05 by a one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test.