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. 2021 Jun 9;13(6):1982. doi: 10.3390/nu13061982

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Screening strains improved the inflammation of epididymis fat and fatty hypertrophy in hypercholesterolemia rats. (A) The level of epididymis fat MCP-1. (B) The level of epididymis fat IL-1β. (C) The level of epididymis fat IL-6. (D) The level of epididymis fat TNF-α. (E) H&E staining of epididymis adipose; (a) control group, (b) HC group, (c) HC-lovastatin group, (d) HC-E. faecium strain 132 group, (e) HC-L. paracasei strain 201 group. (F) The number of adipocytes in the same field, (G) the diameter of adipocytes in the same field. p-values were determined using a one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s test for post-hoc analysis, n = 6. Significant differences between the HC group versus control group are indicated as # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, #### p < 0.0001. Significant differences in the HC-lovastatin, HC-E. faecium strain 132 or HC-L. paracasei strain 201 group versus HC group are indicated as ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.