Figure 3: The rate of fatty acid metabolism and the expression of lipid metabolism genes. (A) The rate of fatty acid synthesis and fatty acid oxidation. (B) PPAR-α gene expression. (C) Expression of genes in fatty acid synthesis. (D) Expression of genes in fatty acid oxidation. (E) Expression of genes in cholesterol metabolism. The mRNA was isolated from the livers of each group, and the expression levels of the genes were quantified by qPCR as described in the methods. All of the data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA for repeated measures with Tukey’s Studentized range test between the groups. A common letter indicates a significant difference (P<0.05). LDLR, low-density lipoprotein receptor; CYP7a1, cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase; ACC1, acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1; FAS, fatty acid synthase; SREBP1c, sterol regulatory element-binding protein; LPL, lipoprotein lipase; FATP5, fatty