Hepatic BMP8B mRNA expression in mice.

Liver tissues were collected from 10 weeks mice fed with chow and CDHF diet. Further, BMP8B mRNA expression was measured by using RT-PCR. Fold change was normalized to 18S rRNA. Data were expressed as mean ± SD. *p<0.05 was considered statistically significant with the corresponding group. A) WT (n = 5) vs WT + CDHF (n = 5). B) iNOS-/- (n = 5) vs iNOS-/- + CDHF (n = 5). Abbreviations: BMP8B: Bone morphogenetic protein-8B; CDHF: Choline deficient high fat; WT = wild type; iNOS-/-: inducible nitric oxide synthase knock out.