Human Mature Adipocytes Express Albumin and This Expression Is Not Regulated by Inflammation
Figure 2
Albumin gene expression in the adipocytes from different sites of adipose tissue, obtained by real-time PCR analysis. The columns show the relative expression of albumin mRNA in subcutaneous (Sc, gray bars) and omental (Om, black bars) adipose tissue fragments of healthy noninflamed subjects (Sc-n and Om-n, resp.) compared with those obtained in both Sc and Om adipose tissue of inflamed patients (Sc-infl and Om-infl, resp.). The values on the y-axis represent arbitrary units derived from the mean expression value for albumin gene. Values are expressed in arbitrary units as means ± S.D. of 12 experiments. * compared with Sc-infl and Sc-n.
