Table 1 Serum levels of glucose, insulin, and lipids in high-fat diet-induced obese mice of both genders

From: Pentraxin 3 deficiency exacerbates lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in adipose tissue

 

Male

Female

 

WT

(n = 6)

Ptx3-KO

(n = 8)

WT

(n = 8)

Ptx3-KO

(n = 8)

Glucose (mg/dl)

113.3 ± 26.5

106.0 ± 20.7

119.0 ± 8.9

113.0 ± 9.7

Insulin (pg/ml)

591.9 ± 163.3

489.9 ± 116.2

85.9 ± 19.0

251.8 ± 70.5*

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

57.0 ± 11.5

61.5 ± 15.4

60.8 ± 15.9

54.2 ± 20.2

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

80.2 ± 2.7

80.3 ± 5.4

59.5 ± 2.4

70.1 ± 11.9#

Free fatty acid (mM)

0.35 ± 0.04

0.35 ± 0.05

0.36 ± 0.08

0.37 ± 0.05

  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation (SD)
  2. WT wild-type, KO knockout
  3. *p < 0.05, #p = 0.086 vs. WT (Student’s t-test)