Figure 5.

Protective effect of silk peptide against lipid accumulation in white adipose tissue from HFD-induced obese mice. (A) Hematoxylin and eosin staining of sWAT and vWAT from mice treated for 6 weeks and quantification of relative adipocyte diameter percentage of sWAT and vWAT (data were collected from H&E-stained sections of mice in each group, 15–30 cells per same area, using Image J software). The expression of adipogenic factors in (B) sWAT and (C) vWAT were assessed by western blotting. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 8). Values with different letters were significantly different; p < 0.05 (a > ab > b > bc > c).