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. 2018 Nov 19;8:17037. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35071-6

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Combinatorial 4-MEI supresses glucose anabolism and promotes lipid synthesis. (A) Determination of gluconeogenesis rate during combinatorial treatment via ipPTT, (B) Activity of G6Pase in control and 4-MEI treated animals, (C) Representative immunoblot images of G6Pase and PEPCK in liver tissue during NAS, 4-MEI and combinatorial treatments, (D) Quantification of G6Pase and PEPCK expression. GAPDH served as the loading control for immunoblot. (E) Change in liver glycogen level during NAS, 4-MEI and combinatorial treatments, (F) Altered lipid profile during NAS, 4-MEI and NAS+4-MEI treatment, (G) Representative histopathology photomicrographs of hepatic tissue sections from NAS, 4-MEI and NAS+4-MEI treated animals stained with H & E (400×). * is used to compare experimental groups with the control and # is used for the comparison between NAS and 4-MEI+NAS groups. Error bars represent mean ± sem; ****P < 0.0001, ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, P < 0.05/ ####P < 0.0001, ###P < 0.001, ##P < 0.01. Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction and two-sided unpaired Student t-test. Experiments were repeated twice.