Fig. 6From: Low-arginine and low-protein diets induce hepatic lipid accumulation through different mechanisms in growing ratsEffects of the 5PAA and low Arg diets on the expression of VLDL assembly-related genes. Six-week-old male Wistar rats were fed the 15PAA (n = 8), low Arg (n = 8), and 5PAA (n = 8) diets for 14 d. Total RNA was isolated from the liver and then subjected to quantitative RT-PCR. The transcript expression levels for Mttp (a), ApoB (b), and ApoA4 (c) are shown. Asterisks indicate significant differences as assessed by one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni and Tukey–Kramer post-hoc tests (**p < 0.01)Back to article page