Research Article

High Cholesterol Diet-Induced Changes in Oxysterol and Scavenger Receptor Levels in Heart Tissue

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Expression of fatty acid and cholesterol metabolism-related parameters. Protein expressions in heart tissue of each animal were measured by Western blotting with densitometric analysis of protein bands, and relative ratios were quantified and normalized relative to β-actin against SREBP1c (a) and LXRα (b) antibodies. mRNA expressions of each animal were measured by RT-PCR and normalized to β-actin. Relative mRNA expressions of LXRα (c) and PPARα (d). Data are expressed as mean ± S.D. and 0.01 and versus the control group; and 0.001 versus the cholesterol group ().
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