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. 2018 Apr 13;13(4):e0195876. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195876

Table 1. Untreated Fgfr3ach/+ mice displayed an elevated inflammatory baseline prevented by sFGFR3 treatment.


ND HFD
WT Fgfr3 ach/+ WT Fgfr3 ach/+
markers (n) vehicle vehicle 2.5 mg/kg sFGFR3 vehicle vehicle 2.5 mg/kg sFGFR3
Pro-inflammatory (14) + ++ + + ++ +
Obesity (15) ++ +++ + ++ +++ ++
Insulin pathway (7) ++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ++
FGF (2) + + - - ++ -

Pro-inflammatory, obesity, insulin pathway and FGF circulating adipokines expression performed into vehicle-treated WT and Fgfr3ach/+ mice and sFGFR3 treated Fgfr3ach/+ after 10 weeks of ND or HFD challenge. ‘-’ = <2 arbitrary units (A.U.), ‘+’ = 10–30 A.U., ‘++’ = 30–100 A.U., ‘+++’ >100 A.U.