Research Article

Effect of Feeding Status on Adjuvant Arthritis Severity, Cachexia, and Insulin Sensitivity in Male Lewis Rats

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Anorexigenic (a) and orexigenic (c) neuropeptide and IL-1β (b) mRNA expressions in the ARC in healthy control (CN, SHF, FR) and arthritic rats (AA-N, AA-SHF, AA-FR) on day 18 after cFA inoculation. Results are expressed in arbitrary units as the ratio of given mRNA to 18S rRNA. Significant differences between healthy controls on different dietary regime: ×P<.05, ××P<.01, ×××P<.001. Significant differences between control rats and arthritic rats on the same dietary regime: *P<.05, **P<.01, ***P<.001. Significant differences between arthritic groups: ##P<.01, ###P<.001 (AA-FR versus AA-N); ++P<.01, +++P<.001 (AA-FR versus AA-SHF); P<.01, P<.001 (AA-SHF versus AA-N). For abbreviations see Figure 1.
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