Flow cytometric analyses of HMNC in mice fed an SFD or an HFD.

<p>(A) A representative flow cytometric dot-plot defining the population of α-GalCer/CD1d dimer⁺TCRβ⁺ and NK1.1⁺TCRβ⁺ cells in the liver of SFD-fed mice (a, c) and HFD-fed mice (b, d). (B) The proportion of NK1.1⁺TCRβ⁺ cells (a), CD4⁺ (b), CD8⁺ (c), and CD4⁻CD8⁻ (d) NKT cells (n = 3–6 female mice in each group). Representative data of three similar experiments are shown. The results are expressed as mean ± s.d. Statistical analysis was performed according to the Tukey-Kramer test. *<i>p</i><0.05, **<i>p</i><0.01.