Fig. 2

Effect of HFD and AuNP treatment on lipid and glucose metabolic markers in the fat. mRNA expression of FOX-O1 (a), GLUT-4 (b), adiponectin (c), PPARγ (d), SREBP-1c (e), FASN (f), ATGL (g), and CPT-1α (h) in Chow, OB, OB-EAu, OB-LAu and OB-HAu mice. Results are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. Data were analysed by one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Bonferroni test. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs Chow; ^†P < 0.05, ^††P < 0.01 vs OB; Data analysed with conditional student t test followed by Welch correction, τ P < 0.05 vs Chow; n = 6–8