Thymoquinone Protects against Hyperlipidemia-Induced Cardiac Damage in Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Deficient (LDL-R^-/-) Mice via Its Anti-inflammatory and Antipyroptotic Effects

Table 2

Metabolic data from the four groups after 8 weeks of dietary treatment.

	LDL-R^-/- ND	LDL-R^-/- HFD	LDL-R^-/- HFD+TQ
Heart/BW (mg/g)
TC (mmol/L)
LDL-c (mmol/L)
hs-CRP (ng/dL)			^#
IL-6 (pg/mL)			^#
TNF-α (pg/mL)			^#

Abbreviations: BW: body weight; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; IL-6: interleukin-6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α. Data are ; -6 per group. vs. LDL-R^-/- HFD; ^# vs. LDL-R^-/- ND.