Table 3 Effects of dietary fiber on serum adipocytokine levels of IL-6, leptin and TNF-α in C57BL/6J mice fed a high fat/cholesterol diet for 24 weeks.

From: Dietary fiber prevents obesity-related liver lipotoxicity by modulating sterol-regulatory element binding protein pathway in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat/cholesterol diet

 

RC

HFC

OatWell

Wheat

IL-6 (pg/mL)

3.64 ± 1.80

7.93 ± 3.16a

5.72 ± 1.81a,b

5.14 ± 1.74b

Leptin (ng/mL)

0.73 ± 0.42

7.14 ± 3.44a

4.27 ± 1.37b

4.79 ± 2.26b

TNF-α (pg/mL)

2.67 ± 0.86

3.86 ± 1.45a

3.41 ± 0.83

2.89 ± 0.85b

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 12).
  2. ap < 0.05, vs mice fed with RC diet.
  3. bp < 0.05, vs mice fed with HFC diet.
  4. cp < 0.05, vs mice fed with OatWell diet.
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