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. 2018 Oct 5;9:1422. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01422

Table 2.

Growth, biochemical parameters, and fatty acid profiles of juvenile GIFT injected with PBS, negative antagomir, or miR-122 antagomir every 6 days for 40 days.

PBS Negative antagomir miR-122 antagomir
Growth parameters (n = 30 replicates per group)
Initial fish weight (g) 3.22 0.24 3.41 0.16 3.29 0.11
Final fish weight (g) 29.25 2.43b 31.26 1.58ab 35.16 2.18a
WG (%) 8.08 0.71b 8.17 0.63b 9.67 0.74a
Liver parameters(n = 9 replicates per group)
TG (mmol⋅L-1) 13.56 1.32b 14.17 1.27b 16.78 1.72a
TC (mmol⋅L-1) 5.13 0.73b 5.66 0.52ab 6.12 0.41a
Serum parameters(n = 9 replicates per group)
TG (mmol⋅L-1) 3.68 0.25 4.03 0.37 3.73 0.26
TC (mmol⋅L-1) 4.15 0.24 3.73 0.21 3.84 0.19
Fatty acid profiles(n = 6 replicates per group)
MUFA/SFA 0.63 0.02a 0.68 0.02a 0.82 0.02b
SFA/UFA 1.12 0.11a 1.08 0.09a 0.96 0.18b

WG, weight gain; TC, cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) within different groups (Duncan’s multiple range test).