EMBO/sd-character-level-ner huggingface dataset:
Images from fixed GFP-Rab34 transfected cells showing contacts between GFP-Rab34 positive peri-nuclear membranes and lysosomes.(c) A thin section electron microscopy image of the peri-nuclear region of a GFP-Rab34 transfected HeLa cell. * indicates lysosomes.
Quantification of SOX1-/SOX2+ ratio in panel C (n=3 biological replicates for each sample).
(J) Immunoblot of macroautophagy (p62, LC3I/LC3II) and selective autophagy (FANCC, TOMM20) proteins 24 h after overexpression of FLAG-tagged ZIKV NS1, NS2B, NS3, NS4A, NS4B and NS5 in 293FT cells.
(c) Proportion of apoptosis in WT and Pink1 KO neurons, as assessed by the proportion of annexin V-positive/7-AAD-negative cells, determined by flow cytometry. Data are expressed as mean±s.e.m. *P0.05 (Student's t-test; n=3-4 independent experiments).
B. GO gene sets in AFO up-regulated genes. C. GO gene sets in AFO down-regulated genes.
E Confocal images of COS-7 cells downregulated for the indicated genes and stained with anti-TOM20 antibody. Scale bar, 10 µm.
(A) Immunoblot analysis for BIK1-HA in Arabidopsis protoplasts exposed to Pep2 or flg22 for 10 min. Arrowheads indicate phosphorylated BIK1-HA.
(J) Loss of STXBP4 attenuates YAP phosphorylation as induced by actin cytoskeleton inhibition. The indicated cells were subjected to serum starvation (treatment with no-serum medium for 12 hours), glucose starvation (treatment with no-glucose medium for 6 hours) or actin inhibition (treatment with 0.5 μg/mL latrunculin B or 5 μM blebbistatin for 30 min). YAP phosphorylation was detected using phospho-tag gel, where the YAP phosphorylation level was indicated.
A Schematic of the cardiac differentiation protocol. Beating embryoid bodies (EBs) were observed at day 10. Differentiation efficiency in each experiment was assessed by flow cytometry (FC) for GFP at day 15. Further characterization of EBs derived from control (CT) and RA-treated (RA) cultures was carried out by transcriptional or functional analysis between days 27 and 31.
A, Heat map of all reported cancer blood metabolites (each dark blue mark denotes that the metabolite was reported to be increased or decreased) in various cancer types, illustrating that most individual studies report only a small subset of all previously measured metabolites. It is typically not described whether the metabolites that were not reported (white "empty" space) were not measured, or measured but not reported. Labelings: X-axis (top): ribbon colour code, denoting the cancer type (right; indicated by red arrow); X-axis (bottom): cohorts, arranged from 1 to 71; Y-axis (right): all 1,206 metabolites reported in at least one of the studies; Y-axis (left): ribbon colour code, denoting the metabolite class (amino acids, carbohydrates, etc; "other" refers to all other metabolites than the listed classes).
F RNAPII pSer2 ChIP assays from primary BMMs infected with non‐silencing or Ncoa5‐specific shRNAs. Ligand stimulations were performed for 4 h with vehicle control, 1 μM T0901317, or 1 μM T0901317 + 6 μg/ml PolyIC. qPCR was performed for the Abca1 TSS. Note RNAPII pSer2 returns to baseline occupancy following TLR3 stimulation in shControl but not shNcoa5 BMMs (**P = 0.004 versus baseline). Error bars represent ± SEM for n = 3 from 11 mice.
B. Instability of BU-1 expression in timeless cells. FACS plots of wild type and timeless (clone 1) DT40 cells stained with anti-Bu-1 conjugated with phycoerythrin. Each line represents the Bu-1 expression profile of an individual clonal population. Unstained controls are shown in blue.
(D-G) H&E staining of lung sections from mice 4 weeks after intranasal infection with M. bovis BCG (D and E) or Mtb H37Rv (F and G) in the absence or presence of intranasally administrated AG aptamers (1 μg) once at a 1 week-interval. Quantification of lung inflamed regions shown in (E and G). Data information: Data in are means + SD of indicated numbers of mice from 1 of n=3 independent experiments with similar results and each symbol represents 1 mouse. Data are representative of n=3 independent experiments. One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's post hoc test and Student's t test were used for statistical analysis, respectively. ns, not significant; *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01; ***, p<0.001; ****, p<0.0001. Scale bar, 200 μm.
(D) Main observations from (Huck et al., 2019) (left) and box plots showing Log2 FC HNF4A KO/Control in mouse liver (3 mice per group) for LIVER-ID genes and TFs 5 days after PHx (right). Box plots are composed of a box from the 25th to the 75th percentile with the median as a line and min to max as whiskers. One-sample t-test with BH correction for multiple testing was used to determine if the mean Log2 FC HNF4A KO/Control is statistically different from 0, *P < 0.05.
D Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of RAD51-High vs RAD51-Low HGSOC tumours from a TCGA cohort. The top ten enriched pathways in RAD51-High tumours are listed on the right, ranked by the lowest false-discovery rate (FDR). See Table EV3 for details on all data points. Colouring denotes genesets related to immune response pathways. ES - Enrichment Score.
C, Bar plots showing proportion of each WT and kit mutant MC subpopulation in total nonCM at each time point.
C Exemplar image illustrates the cell-cell interactome analysis with the distance estimates of CD68+ macrophages to blood vessels (Endoglin) in cortex, medulla and the transition zone (TZ) of an aged adrenal gland. The colour code indicates the distance which is very close in violet and very far in red. The scale bar is 50 µm. The white and dashed lines represent the outline of the transition zone.
RAW 247.6 macrophages loaded with a cytosolic chemical dye (Cyto dye) to detect global cytosolic Ca2+, and heterologously expressing (B) TPC1-G-GECO1.2 (TPC1-GG) or (C-E) TPC2-G-GECO1.2 (TPC2-GG) to detect peri-endo-lysosomal Ca2+ domains, which were not detected by (F) a TPC2 mutant (D276K)-G-GECO1.2 that blocks ion permeation or (A) unfused cytosolic G-GECO1.2 (Cyto GG). (A-F) Single-cell Ca2+ traces upon FcγR activation by opsonized 3-μm beads in -Ca2+o expressed as a percentage of the maximum fluorescence of the indicator, determined by adding 2 μM ionomycin and 10 mM CaCl2 at the end of each experiment (% Fmax) (D) TPC2-G-GECO1.2 activity was inhibited by 10 µM Ned-19, but was unaffected by (E) chelating global Ca2+ with EGTA/AM (100 μM for 2 min prior to bead addition). Summary data of the first spike from cells A-F (subsequent spikes show the same pattern; Appendix Fig. S4B), n = 87-274 cells; ***P<0.001 vs Cyto GG, ### P<0.001 vs TPC2-GG ctrl, ††† P<0.001 vs Cyto GG. Fusion of G-GECO1.2 to TPC2 did not alter the affinity of G-GECO1.2 for Ca2+ determined in permeabilized cells (n = 34-71 cells).
C GWAS results (Liu et al, 2015) at a Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis-associated locus on 6p23 (left panel). MPRA for candidate SNPs in stimulated T cells (right panel) identifying a SNP (rs34421390) with by far the greatest expression-modulating effect at this locus (blue, risk allele reduces expression; red, risk allele increases expression). Dotted horizontal line represents significance threshold (corrected for multiple-testing).
(D) Luciferase activity driven by the IFN-β promoter in HEK293T cells transfected with HA-MAVS or its 4KR mutant together with Flag-NDP52 or its D439R/C443K mutant. Luciferase assays were performed 24 hrs after transfection. The luciferase reporter data are presented as means ± SEM. Two-tailed Student's t-tests were used for statistical analyses: *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; and ***, P < 0.001.
E & F) cryotomogram slices, STAs, and schematics of H. pylori fliP* cells showing the MS-complex (E) and the C-complex (F). The two novel cytoplasmic rings are highlighted with light and dark green arrows in the STA panel. White arrows in (A-F) point to the particles.
(E) WB analysis of the polyubiquitination of GP130 in HEK293T cells co-transfected with full length Myc-NEDD4L, HA-Ub and Flag-GP130 or its lysine mutants (K-R) in the intracellular domain, followed by denaturation-IP with ANTI-FLAG M2 magnetic beads and WB analysis with anti-HA antibodies.
(A) Western blot of the SUMO conjugation reaction in the presence of different oligonucleotides using the minimal Smc5/ARM-Nse2 construct. Reactions were run at 30°C and stopped after 60 minutes by adding SDS-loading buffer. 25b (μM), 34b (μM) and 50b (μM), stands for a 25, 34 and 50 bases oligonucleotides, respectively, and the indicated concentration is in μM units. 5kb (nM), stands for the virion ϕx174 and the indicated concentration is in nM units (N-S1, cNse4-SUMO1; N-2S1, cNse4-2SUMO1; and pS1, poly-SUMO1) (*Overexposed chemiluminescent signal)
5B) nt and PINK1 knockdown (kd) SH-SY5Y cells were either kept in RPMI medium with 5% FCS for 48 h or starved with HBSS for the indicated time points. In the representative western blot the appearance of the PARP 89 kDa cleaved product is depicted as well as GAPDH for normalizing.
(C) HCT116 p53-/- and p53+/+ cells were cultured in DMEM with 10% FBS or Hank's buffered saline solution (HBSS) lacking FBS and then assayed by ChIP with either IgG control (grey) or two different p53-specific antibodies Ab6 (red) or FL(black). ChIP was assayed by qPCR with primers proximal to p53 binding sites at 18q, 13q, or p21 promoter.
(b) Quantification of de novo protein synthesis rates by OPP incorporation reveals that eIF4E and eIF4G knockdowns deplete eIF4F function less efficiently than the eIF4A knockdown, explaining why the effects of eIF4E and eIF4G knockdowns on TORC1 activity (panel a) are a bit milder than the eIF4A knockdown. Kc167 cells treated with dsRNA for 4 days then incubated with 20μM Click-it OPP reagent 30min before fixation and fluorescent labeling. Quantification of OPP fluorescence per cell (nuclear count) for two independent experiments is displayed (3 independent images per condition), normalized to the no dsRNA condition. Scale bars: 25µm.
(A-A'') Pax2 (red, OD) and TujI (green, axons) IF on E12.5 optic cup cross-sections in wild-type (WT), Heterozygous (HET) and knock-out (KO) embryos showing abnormal ODs (white dotted lines and arrowhead).
E) The indicated cell lines were infected with influenza A virus (IAV) for 24h and percent infection was determined by flow cytometry. Graph depicts percent infection of triplicate samples. Bars represent averages with individual data points shown as circles. Error bars represent SD. #p<0.05., NS, not significant, by ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test.
Schematic representation of the novel Xist-TetOP mutants generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in J1 XY ESCs; the different repeats are highlighted in color boxes; Dif. - differentiation; DOX - doxycycline.
Effector T (Teff) cells isolated from the spleen of a WT mouse were stimulated with soluble anti-CD3 (5 μg/ml) in the presence of mitomycin C-treated splenocytes and were cultured with regulatory T (Treg) cells isolated from WT and Cd4cre A1fl/fl mice at the indicated ratios. After 72 h, the proliferative activity was measured. Values are displayed as the mean ± SEM (n = 3 for each group; Mann-Whitney U-test, N.S.; not significant). The mean value for the suppression of proliferative activity of Teff cells in a condition without Treg cells was set as 0%.
I, Phenotype by genotype plot of the Chr 7 caQTL from h. A B6 haplotype at Chr 7 is associated with increased chromatin accessibility on Chr 19 (horizontal line represents mean).
Immunoblotting and (D) quantification of the stability of four STOP target proteins in both G1S and natural mitotic cells treated with BCL9 siGenome pools and CHX (n=3).
A Western blot analysis reveals comparable levels of TEX11 protein in the testes of wild-type and point mutant KI/KO males. ACTB serves as a control.
(C) Cut top views of both the first (stalling) and the second (colliding) ribosomes forming the disome. Observed ribosomal and tRNA translocation states are indicated. (D) Comparison of ribosomal assemblies between the previously described CGA-CCG stalled yeast disome in pink (EMD-4427, Ikeuchi, Tesina et al., 2019a) and the novel POST-POST assembly observed in poly(A) stalling. The EMD-4427 density map was fitted into the density of the first stalling ribosome on the poly(A) reporter. The indicated rotation was calculated using the 60S subunit, as the compared colliding ribosomes are not in the same translocation state (PRE vs. POST).
U2OS ATG2A/B DKO cells reconstituted with vector only, HA-ATG2A-WT, -mLIR and -mYFS were stimulated with complete medium, (CM), 4 h starvation (EBSS) plus BafilomycinA1 (BafA1, 200nM) treatment. Cells were centrifuged and resuspended in PBS digitonin, spun, washed and the membrane fractions incubated with proteinase K with and without 0.1% TritonX-100. Sampels were then subjected to western blotting using anti-p62/SQSTM1 and anti-HA (ATG2A) antibodies. Percentage p62/SQSTM1 remaining was calculated using densitometry analysis. Blots are representative of n=3 independent experiments.
Double immunolabeling of PDS5A (green) and SYCP3 (red) in mouse spread spermatocytes in diakinesis Data information: Sex chromosomes (X, Y) and bivalents (XY) are indicated.
I The time required for the first macrophage nucleus to enter into the extended germband. Control n=7 movies, mutant n=5. Time to entry: control=23 min, CG9005PBG=38 min, p<0.0001. Data information: Unpaired t-tests. Graphs show mean±SEM; ns=p>0.05, *p<0.05, ****p<0.0001.
(c-e) Inhibition of etoposide-induced autophagy in Bax/Bak−/− cells treated with siRNA for Bcl-x. (c) Bax/Bak−/− MEFs that were transfected with the indicated siRNAs were treated with 20 μM etoposide for 24 h, then examined by phase-contrast microscopy.
E IL8 measurement in the supernatant of the indicated cell lines after 48 h transfection with siScr (control) or siXIAP and Western blot analysis of the corresponding cell lysates (bottom).
C From left to right: Crystal structure of the (yNap1c2-H2A-H2B)6 complex in two different orientations (brown); 60 Å-filtered structure of the complex (magenta); 3D reconstruction of the complex from negatively stained particles (green) and fit of the crystal structure into the EM map.
E,F. Effect of Nox4 knockdown or overexpression, respectively, on okadaic acid-resistant Ser/Thr phosphatase activity in membrane fractions of tunicamycin-treated H9c2 cells. n=4/group. *p<0.05, **p<0.01 cf. baseline; #, p<0.05, ##, p<0.01 comparing Nox4 knockdown (Ad.shNox4) or overexpression (Ad.Nox4) versus corresponding controls (Ad.Ctl or Ad.β-Gal, respectively).
(A) Distribution of GLT-1agold particles in astrocytic processes contacting asymmetric synapses (perisynaptic astrocytic processes: PAP) in SI of 5 WT and 5 KI (2 male, 3 female) mice (P34-35). In cortical PAP of KI mice the density (particles/µm2) of total and membrane-associated gold particles (arrowheads) are reduced compared to WT mice, whereas the density of cytoplasmicgold particles (arrows) is comparable to that in WT (cf Table I for numerical values and statistics).
(A) Phylogenetic analysis between mouse Tnfaip2 and planarian Smed-exoc3. Note that Tnfaip2 emerged in vertebrates before the split of cartilaginous and bone fish since both lineages carry \ the Tnfaip2 gene. Callorhinchus is a representative of cartilaginous fishes, while Danio and Nothobranchius are representatives of bony fishes. Note, that branch lengths proportionally reflect the minimal number of substitutions along the branch. The longer branch length of Tnfaip2 vs. Exoc3 in vertebrate species suggests that Tnfaip2 has undergone sub-functionalization. The species with both Tnfaip2 and Exoc3 are indicated, other species in the lower part only have Exoc3, which is not indicated.
E. ISG induction in Rnaseh2bA174T/A174T mice is STING dependent. RT-qPCR of RNA extracted from hearts from Sting+/+ Rnaseh2bA174T/A174T (n=4) and Sting-/-Rnaseh2bA174T/A174T (n=6) three-month old mice.
Expression of CBFs (G in egr2-3 mutant plants. Two-week-old seedlings were treated at 4°C for the indicated period and subjected to qRT-PCR analysis. Data information: each bar represents the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments, each of which has three technical repeats. Asterisks indicate significant differences compared to the wild type with the same treatment (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, two-tailed t-test).
B. Representative flow cytometry plots in lungs at 50 d.p.i., showing the gating strategy for resident OT-I T cells (CD8+CD69+ i.v.CD45- Vβ5+CD90.1+)
male C57BL/6J mice fed with chow diet supplemented with 0, 0.5%, 1% SUC for 8 weeks. running time in high speed.
C. The stoichiometry of IL-17RSC calculated as the ratio between iBAQ intensities of individual IL-17RSC components to iBAQ intensity of IL-17RC. The recruitment of kinases TBK1 and IKKε as compared to related kinases IKKα and IKKβ is significantly enhanced. Mean from five performed MS experiments is shown, the statistical significance was determined using unpaired two‐tailed Student's t‐test.
E, Immunoblot analysis of co-immunoprecipitated TFEB-FLAG and 14-3-3 from ARPE-19 cells over-expressing TFEB-WT or TFEB-C212S mutant.
AnnV-Glo assay from IFNγ-primed THP-1 transfected with siRNA against indicated human NLR/ALR sensors and infected with type I or type II Toxoplasma gondii (Tg). Area under the curve (AUC) from real-time assays are plotted as mean ± SEM from n = 3 independent experiments.
B. Representative images of TUNEL staining for mice with indicated genotype undergone indicated procedure. Scale bar = 100μm.
C-D (C) Confocal images or (D) quantification of the macrophages in germband in Stage 12 embryos from the control, atosPBG, and atosPBG expressing atos itself or GR/HPR, or LKR/SDH in macrophages. Germband edge: dotted white line. For (D) control (n=29 embryos) vs. atos mutant (n=19) p<0.0001. Control vs. atos mutant rescued with mac>atos (n=27 embryos) p=0.99; rescued with mac>GRHPR (n=28) p=0.29; rescued with mac>LKRSDH (n=20) p=0.036. atos mutant vs. atos rescued with mac>atos or mac>GRHPR p<0.0001; rescued with mac>LKRSDH p=0.0134. Data information: Mean±SEM, ns=p>0.05, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ****p<0.0001. One-way ANOVA with Tukey Scale bars: 50µm
(C) Pulse chase reactions on the 8oxoG template in the absence and presence of 10 nM Pol δ analysed on a denaturing gel.
A. SIRT7 binds to PRMT1, PRMT3, and PRMT6. GFP-tagged PRMTs (PRMT1-9) were expressed in HEK293T cells. PRMT protein was immunoprecipitated with GFP antibody and analyzed by western blot
E Quantification of Q35::YFP foci in WT and hsp-110 hairpin background. Shown is the mean ± SEM (N = 3). Statistical analysis was done using two-way ANOVA with Dunnett's multiple comparison test. * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01.
Percentage of BIR product among all repair products by 6 hr are shown. (mean ± SD; n = 3). Data information: Welch's unpaired t-test was used to determine the p-value in all panels.
E Representative model of Hh signaling hyperactivation: in Ptch1−/−MEFs, constitutive activation of Smo and consequently of Gli1; in SuFu−/−MEFs, release of Gli1 suppression.
A-K Confocal fluorescent images of 200‐cell‐stage embryos from the indicated strains stained by both anti‐SEPA‐1 and anti‐LGG‐1 antibodies. Insets show magnified views. Arrows indicate overlapping SEPA‐1 and LGG‐1 puncta. The wild type contains no visible SEPA‐1 aggregates at this stage and is therefore not shown. Scale bars: 5 μm.
Live cell time lapse of MPK4-YFP and mRFPFAPP1-PH during cytokinesis, obtained with an LSM880 in Airyscan resolution versus sensitivity (R-S) mode. The time series is representative for 6 cells from 5 roots. Arrowheads indicate the initiation and leading edges of the growing cell plate. Scale bar, 10 µm.
(e) Representative images of TH-immunohistochemistry from WT and KO mice. The VTA region is indicated. Stereological quantitation of (f) TH and (g) Nissl-positive neurons in the SNpc (n=4 mice per group). Error bars represent the mean±s.e.m., n=4 mice per group. (two-way analysis of variance, ***P0.01, *P0.05, NS, not significant). mo, month old.
(C) Detection of sNrCAM and human serum albumin (hSA) in AD patients CSF that had been treated with acitretin (30 mg/d) or placebo for 30 days (n = 9) (Endres et al, 2014). (D) Densitometric quantification of the Western Blots in (C). sNrCAM/hSA ratios were calculated, and then the treatment to baseline ratios (t/b) for every patient were calculated. Two-sided student's t-test (n = 9). Given are mean +/- the standard error of them mean. Representative Western Blots are shown.
Western blot analysis for the presence of MICU1 in clones arising from single cells generated by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing. The results for 12 of the 36 clones that were examined are shown
Immunofluorescent staining were performed on sections of day 45 wildtype H9 and RGCC-KO hCOs. Sections were stained with SOX2. Scale bar: 200 μm Quantification of the VZ-like SOX2-positive rosette area. Each plot represented an individual rosette. H9, n=19; #6, n=24; #23, n=19 from 2 independent experiments. Immunofluorescent staining were performed on sections of day 45 wildtype H9 and RGCC-KO hCOs. Sections were stained with PAX6 and Phospho-Histone 3 (PH3). Scale bar: 200 μm Quantification of the ratio of PH3 and PAX6 double positive cells versus the total number of PAX6 positive cells of each rosette. Each plot represented an individual organoid (H9, n=6; #6, n=8; #23, n=8 from 2 independent experiments). Three to five rosettes were analyzed for each organoid. Immunofluorescent staining were performed on sections of day 45 wildtype H9 and RGCC-KO hCOs. Sections were stained with Ki67. Scale bar: 200 μm. Quantification of the VZ-like Ki67 positive rosette area. Each plot represented an individual rosette. H9, n=60; #6, n=54; #23, n=96 from 2 independent experiments.
B. The calculated mean and error of γ/κ for the sampled parameter fittings shown in Figure S2. The large error seen for TetBV339C and TetBG366C in MCN reveals that we cannot make the first order approximation within $\frac{\gamma}{\kappa}\ \approx k_{1}\frac{{2P}_{\text{tot}}}{D_{2}}$.
a, AMBRA1-BECN1 interaction by yeast two-hybrid assay. Yeast cells were co-transfected with the indicated plasmids and plated in medium with (+) or without (-) histidine (H) and adenine (A). AD, activation domain; DBD, DNA-binding domain; G4, Gal4; LAM, lamin.
(H) Comparison of dwell times of the high FRET states for the two-helix finger (THF) and clamp for different fluorophore positions. Errors as in (G) with significance based on two sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests with a 1% threshold. n.s.P = 0.012 (left), n.s.P = 0.681 (right); *P < 1*10-35 (between each pair of THF/clamp mutants). 809C/394C: 1656 high FRET states; 809C/103C: 1349 states; 233C/103C: 1773 states; 233C/336C: 1778 states.
UCSC browser view of the Tal1/Stil1 region (mm9; chr4:114,705,753-114,756,741), indicating the presence of the NANOG binding peak, determined by ChIP-seq, in EpiLCs (2 replicates are shown) but not in ES cells (Murakami et al., 2016); the binding peak was deleted by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing (scissors).
(A) HeLa cells stably expressing GFP‐LC3B (left panel) or GFP‐GATE‐16 (right panel) were transfected with either non‐targeting siRNA (control siRNA) or a pool of LC3 siRNAs (A, B, C), using DharmaFect reagent. After 72 h interval, the cells were incubated for 2 h in EBSS medium in the absence or presence of 0.1 μM Baf A and subjected to western blot analysis after lysis with RIPA extraction buffer.
(G) Localization of AP-3 in GAP-dead mutants of Gcs1 and Age2. Localization of C-terminally GFP-tagged Apl5 relative to FM4-64 stained vacuoles in the indicated strains. Scale bar, 5 µm. (H) Quantification of Apl5 dots in (G). Apl5-positve dots were counted and averaged to the number of dots per cell. Box boundaries indicate 25% and 75% of the dataset. The middle line indicates the median and the small square the mean.
In another cohort of mice, ex vivo long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) metabolism, including uptake (P), oxidation (Q) and non-oxidative LCFA disposal (NOFAD; R), in precision cut liver slices from fed and fasted WT and db/db mice (n = 3/ group; 4 slices per mouse), were determined. In addition, in slices from fasted mice, glucose output was determined in the presence of incubation with NEFA (BSA-NEFA) or vehicle (BSA) (S).