The miR-320-3p has been associated with the regulation of Glucose-Induced Gene Expression in Diabetes (Feng and Chakrabarti, 2012 (link)). At sacrifice, rat pup was sampled of one blood drop to determine the total blood glucose by AccuChekH Active (Roche-Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany), and blood plasma was collected on EDTA tubes (Wang et al., 2012 (link)), after centrifugation at 2,000 × g for 10 min and stored at −80°C. Cholesterol (Cholesterol FS*, DiaSys Diagnostic Systems GmbH), Triglycerides (Triglycerides FS*, DiaSys Diagnostic Systems GmbH), and Non-Essential Free fatty acids (NEFA FS*, DiaSys Diagnostic Systems GmbH, Holzheim, Germany) were measured on rat plasma.
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