Figure 1From: Pharmacological doses of niacin stimulate the expression of genes involved in carnitine uptake and biosynthesis and improve the carnitine status of obese Zucker rats Relative protein levels of OCTN2, BBD and TMABA-DH in liver of lean rats (Lean), obese Zucker rats fed a control diet (Obese Control) or obese Zucker rats fed a diet supplemented with 780 mg niacin/kg diet (Obese Niacin) for 4 wk. (A) Bars represent means ± SEM, n = 10/group. Means without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. (B) Representative immunoblots specific to OCTN2, BBD, TMABA-DH and GAPDH as internal control are shown for one animal per group; immunoblots for the other animals revealed similar results.Back to article page