FIGURE 7.

Finasteride treatment results in down-regulated pro-inflammatory level and less oxidative stress in mice. Serum samples were collected from four groups of mice after sacrifice for analyses of cytokine membrane array and oxidative stress evaluation. (A) The result of cytokine membranes is captured. (B) A heatmap of the expression levels of cytokines in these four groups and a cytokine membranes array map were generated according to the cytokine array results. (C) Levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in serum were measured. All data were expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 4–6) and subjected to one-way ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni post hoc test. ^* p < 0.05 vs. Ctrl group, ^# p < 0.05 vs. BSA + HFD group.