Fig. 4: Dietary quercetin does not affect atherosclerosis development in mice fed a low-MAC diet.
From: Gut microbes modulate the effects of the flavonoid quercetin on atherosclerosis
A Experimental design. B–E Representative sections and quantitative analyses of Oil Red O staining (B, C; n = 11 in the ConvR/low-MAC group and n = 10 in the ConvR/low-MAC + Q group), MOMA-2 staining (B, D; n = 11 in the ConvR/low-MAC group and n = 10 in the ConvR/low-MAC + Q group), and Masson’s trichrome staining (B, E; n = 11 in the ConvR/low-MAC group and n = 10 in the ConvR/low-MAC + Q group) in the aortic sinus. The data were expressed as box-and-whisker plots, where the boxes indicate the median values and the interquartile ranges, and the whiskers represent the minimum and maximum values. F Plasma lipid profiles (n = 7 in the ConvR/low-MAC group and n = 7 in the ConvR/low-MAC + Q group). Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test were performed. MAC microbiota-accessible carbohydrates, ApoE Apolipoprotein E, ConvR conventionally raised, Q quercetin, MOMA monocytes and macrophages.
