Figure 4

Increase in gene expression of hepatic lipogenic enzymes caused by absence of adipose FGFR1 after starvation. Expression of the indicated hepatic genes as described in Figure 1 (Additional file 1: Table S1) was assessed by quantitative PCR in control and adipocyte-deficient FGFR1 mice after food restriction for 48 h. Expression level in FGFR1Fx mice was assigned a value of 1. Data are the mean ± SD (n= 10), p<0.05 for all tests.