Altered liver expression of genes involved in lipid and glucose metabolism in mice with partial IGF-1 deficiency: an experimental approach to metabolic syndrome

Table 1 Serum and liver parameters for the three experimental groups

	Controls	Untreated IGF-1 deficient mice	Treated IGF-1 deficient mice
Glucose (mg/dL)	83.07 ± 5.62	123.91 ± 11.27**	93.59 ± 3.95^&
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	235.70 ± 11.50	291.01 ± 21.50*	254.11 ± 12.20^&
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	221.76 ± 8.27	271.43 ± 12.76*	235.28 ± 4.86^&
MDA (UM/mg protein/mL)	0.12 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.02*	0.07 ± 0.004^&

Control group, WT mice; Hz group including untreated mice with partial IGF-1 deficiency; Hz + IGF-1 group: Hz mice treated with low doses of IGF-1 during 10 days
** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05 vs. Controls; ^& p < 0.05 vs. Hz group

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