In accordance with this notion, we also observed significantly lower levels of LBP mRNA in the liver of mice-fed EVOO or FO in comparison with mice-fed HF diet and a trend for plasma LBP to show higher levels in HF mice, indicating pathophysiologic aggravation of intestinal permeability and subsequent bacterial infiltration in mice-fed HF (Fig. S7). This evidence concerns the gene LBP and hydrops fetalis.