The following antibodies were used for evaluation of the EGP extracts by western immunoblot15 (link),17 (link),29 (link): GHSR1a (n = 6 in each group), Sox9 (n = 8 in each group), PPARγ (n = 6 in each group) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), OX1R (n = 8 in each group) (Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), AKT (n = 6 in each group), p-AKT (n = 6 in each group), AMPK (n = 8 in each group), p-AMPK (n = 8 in each group) (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA), and β-actin (MP Biomedical Solon, OH, USA). The full protocol is described in our previous publication29 (link). Serum TRAP 5b was measured using an ELISA kit (MBS704438; MyBioSource, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA). The low and high detection limits were 0.312 and 40 mlU/ml, and the coefficient of variation was <5%.
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