Suppression of Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia by Turtle Jelly, A Traditional Chinese Functional Food, in Rats

Figure 9

Representative Western blots and graphs represent quantitative comparisons of protein expressions of (a) LDLR, (b) PEPCK, (c) PPARα, and (d) HMGR in the livers from the Control, HCD, SIM (3 mg/kg bw per day), GL (3.3 mL/kg bw per day), and GH (10 mL/kg bw per day). The expression level of each protein was normalized to that of the GAPDH protein in each sample. Data are expressed as means ± SEM, 𝑛=4−7. ^#𝑃<0.05 represents significant differences when compared with the Control. *𝑃<0.05 represents significant differences when compared with the HCD. The number in parentheses is 𝑛 for individual group.

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