Figure 5.

Inhibiting effects of L. plantarum and inulin supplementation on expression of the caspase proteins in the left ventricles of the rats through the increased expression of the Ob-R. (a–c) Correlation of the cardiac protein expression of the Ob-R with the cardiac expression of the activated caspase-9, caspase-8, and caspase-3, respectively (n = 35). Correlation between two variables was determined, using the Pearson correlation coefficient; P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.