β-Cryptoxanthin reduced F4/80-positive hepatic macrophages.

<p>Liver sections of mice fed the CL diet (CL) or the CL diet containing 0.003% β-cryptoxanthin (CL+CX) for 12 weeks were stained with anti-F4/80 antibody. The F4/80-positive area was calculated in 30 fields of 3 slides for each individual mouse using 5 mice for each group as described previously <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0098294#pone.0098294-Kitade1" target="_blank">[15]</a>. **<i>p</i><0.01, Student's t-test.