Fig. 4.

a Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R), Mas receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) mRNA levels, and b tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA levels in rats fed the standard diet (SD) or high-fat diet (HFD) that received injections of AAV2-CBA-eGFP or AAV2-CBA-AT2R into the NTS. The results are presented as the means ± SEM; n = 7 animals in all groups. One-way ANOVA followed by the Student–Newman–Keuls test; *different from the SD group; # different from the HFD-eGFP group; & different from the SD-eGFP group; P < 0.05