Figure 4.

Effects of L. plantarum and inulin supplementation on the protein expression of Ob-R, TNF-α, and FasL in the left ventricles of excided hearts from the control and diabetic rats. (a) The protein levels of Ob-R, TNF-α, and FasL in the left ventricles of the rats, as determined by western blot analysis. (b–d) Relative protein quantification of Ob-R, TNF-α, and FasL on the basis of β-actin. HC: healthy control; DC: diabetic control; DSh: diabetic sham; DL: diabetics treated by L. plantarum; DI: diabetics treated by inulin; DLI: diabetics treated by L. plantarum and inulin. Values are mean ± SD and regarded significantly different at P < 0.05 with a post hoc Tukey test.