Table 5.

Gene expression profiling of liver samples by qPCR

Gen category and function	Gen symbol	Fold changea	P-valueb
Lipid uptake and transport
Fatty acid transporter	cd36	0.948	0.711
Fatty acid transporter	fatp	0.992	0.923
Lipoprotein component	apo(B100)liver	0.996	0.983
Lipid droplet component	plin2	1.626	0.013
Nuclear receptor – regular of lipid metabolism	pparα	0.660	0.182
Nuclear receptor – regular of lipid metabolism	pparγ	0.973	0.834
Phosphatidylcholine synthesis
Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis	pemt	0.998	0.988
Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis	chk	0.505	0.116
Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis	pcyt1a	0.923	0.597
Cholesterol metabolism	abc1a1	0.851	0.310
Bile acid nuclear receptor	fxr	1.154	0.265
Cholesterol biosynthesis	hmgcr	0.936	0.479
Cholesterol biosynthesis	cyp7a1	0.925	0.580
Cholesterol efflux transporter	abca1	0.855	0.289
Cholesterol efflux transporter
Cholesterol efflux transporter	abcg5	1.063	0.601
Cholesterol transporter	npc1l1	0.955	0.776
Nuclear receptor - regular of lipid and sterol metabolism	lxr	0.837	0.156
Nuclear receptor - regular of lipid and sterol metabolism	srebp1	0.944	0.851
Nuclear receptor - regular of lipid and sterol metabolism	srebp2	1.174	0.405
ROS metabolism / antioxidant
Superoxide dismutation	sod3	0.739	0.374
Nuclear receptor – control of gene transcription
Transcription factor	rxr	0.789	0.104
Mannose metabolism
Glycosylation	pmm	0.759	0.029

^aValues are mean fold change observed in the choline diet fed group in comparison with those in the control group

^bP-values in bold indicate significant differences between the two treatments; italicized values represent trends