Research Article

Grape Seed Procyanidin Extract Improves Insulin Production but Enhances Bax Protein Expression in Cafeteria-Treated Male Rats

Table 3

Effects of GSPE treatment of cafeteria-fed rats on gene expression in the pancreas. ** ≤ 0.01 and # ≤ 0.1 versus vehicle-treated group.

Cafeteria + vehicleCafeteria + GSPE

Ins2 1.16 ± 0.30.55 ± 0.1#
Cpe 1.04 ± 0.20.2 ± 0.1**
Bcl-2 1.12 ± 0.20.96 ± 0.3
Bax 1.13 ± 0.31.18 ± 0.2
Bcl-2/Bax 1.67 ± 0.40.95 ± 0.4
Ccnd2 1.15 ± 0.31.80 ± 0.3