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. 2021 Jan 11;11:430. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79948-x

Figure 4.

Figure 4

PAI-1 heterozygosity is associated with lower Pcsk9 and cholesterol profiles in HFHS fed mice. 20 week-old wild-type or Pai-1+/− C57BL/6 J male mice fed HFHS diet. At the endpoint murine hepatic mRNA and plasma were analyzed. (A) Plasma PAI-1 levels. (B) Cholesterol content profile of the lipoprotein fractions resolved by FPLC from pooled samples (n = 6 for WT, n = 7 for Pai-1+/−). (C) Plasma total cholesterol. (D) Hepatic PCSK9 mRNA expression normalized to GAPDH. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6–7), * p < 0.05.