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. 2018 Jun 15;8:9176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27458-2

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Effect of fat-free diet on ghrelin production in mice. After 3 weeks of feeding with the control or fat-free diet, plasma was collected at the fasting state (0900) and feeding state (1300). Plasma acyl-ghrelin levels (a), des-acyl ghrelin levels (b), and acyl/total ghrelin ratio (c) were not significantly different between control and fat-free groups. Staining intensities of acyl ghrelin-immunopositive cells from the control and fat-free group were similar (d and e). Ghrelin cell density in the gastric mucosa was not significantly different between the two groups (f). This experiment was replicated twice and the results of 1st data set were used in this figure. MU, mucosal layer; SL, smooth muscle layer; LU, lumen. Scale bars = 25 µm (d and e). Each value represents the mean ± SEM. n = 4.