Fig. 4

Effect of palmitate on the expression of proteins involved in lipid synthesis in pMECs. pMECs were incubated for 24 h with different concentrations of palmitate (0 (control), 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, and 600 μM). a Representative protein bands of CD36, ACACA, DGAT1, PPARγ, and SREBP1. Bar graph of protein expression level relative to β-actin, including CD36 (b), ACACA (c), DGAT1 (d), PPARγ (e), and SREBP1 (f). The data are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 3). Different letters indicate statistical significance between different concentrations of palmitate treatment groups (p < 0.05)