PPAR Research

Research Article

Upregulation of Scavenger Receptor BI by Hepatic Nuclear Factor 4α through a Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ-Dependent Mechanism in Liver

Table 2

Body weight, organ weights, and plasma metabolic values in adenovirus-infected rats.
　Ad-GFPAd-HNF4α
Body weight (g) 2 0 4 . 1 ± 5 . 9 1 0 2 1 4 . 3 ± 5 . 8 7 7
Liver weight (g) 9 . 1 8 7 ± 0 . 5 1 2 7 1 0 . 5 1 ± 0 . 5 5 3 0
Liver weight to body weight 0 . 0 4 4 9 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 6 9 6 0 . 0 4 9 0 1 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 1 3
Insulin (uIU) 2 2 . 2 1 ± 0 . 7 3 8 4 2 0 . 1 5 ± 1 . 6 4 7
Plasma triglycerides (mg/dl) 3 6 . 0 2 ± 4 . 7 9 8 4 6 . 9 4 ± 6 . 1 0 7
Liver triglycerides (mg/g·dl) 1 . 5 3 2 ± 0 . 3 0 1 9 1 . 0 8 8 ± 0 . 0 7 9 9
Basal glucose (mmol/dl) 5 . 1 6 7 ± 0 . 1 6 2 6 * 6 . 1 5 0 ± 0 . 1 5 6 5
* 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 compared with control group.