Fig. 3

Effect of HFD and AuNP treatment on lipid and glucose metabolic markers in the liver. mRNA expression of FOX-O1 (a), PERCK (b), GLUT-4 (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; n = 5–8