Figure 8.
Effect of Uncaria tomentosa (UT) on the inflammatory signaling pathway in the liver of ob/ob mice. Samples of livers from ob/ob mice that received either vehicle (ob/ob) or UT extract (ob/ob+UT) were used for Western blot analysis (A–D) or for mRNA expression (E–H). Phosphorylated proteins were calculated by the ratio of the optical densitometry of phosphorylated and total protein expression. Protein expression data for other proteins was normalized to β-actin, n = 5. Photomicrographs of monocyte/macrophage marker F4/80 immunohistochemistry (brown color) in the liver of ob/ob mice under treatment with UT, n = 4 (20× all photomicrographs, Scale bar = 50 μm) (I,J). Data are presented as mean ± SEM, respectively. The statistical difference as indicated by Student’s t-test was, *p < 0.05.