Fig. 2

VAT omentin-1 a mRNA expression and b protein expression HFD mice and control diet mice. 20 weeks mice fed with HFD (n = 18), showing histological signs of MASH, have significantly lower expression compared to mice fed with a control diet (n = 13). Representative blot and densitometric analysis of omentin-1 normalized to α-tubulin revealed that protein expression is significantly decreased in the VAT of HFD mice as compared to control mice at 20 weeks (n = 3–5 mice/group). *p  < 0.05