Figure 2.

Relative protein abundance and gene expression of inflammation markers in white adipose tissue of rats fed different sweeteners with and without high fat diet (A); protein abundance of toll like receptor 4 (TLR-4) (B), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) (C); c-Jun N- terminal kinase (JNK) (D); Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFκB) (E); Relative expression of TLR4 (F) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα)(G). The data are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 6). Results were considered statistically significant at p < 0.05. Significant differences among groups are indicated by letters, where a > b > c > d > e.