Materials
Bardoxolone methyl (CDDO-Me; Figure 1a) was purchased from Shanghai
Heat-Biochem, Inc. (Shanghai, China), and methyl cellulose was purchased
from Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corporation (Osaka, Japan). A
choline-deficient, L-amino acid-defined, high-fat diet (CDAHFD)
consisting of 60 kcal% from fat was obtained from Research Diets, Inc.
(New Brunswick, NJ).