Human Mature Adipocytes Express Albumin and This Expression Is Not Regulated by Inflammation

Figure 3

Albumin gene expression in the adipocytes and pre-adipocytes from different sites of adipose tissue of a single noninflamed subject, as representative of six experiments for all the subjects enrolled, obtained by real-time PCR analysis. The columns show the relative expression of albumin mRNA in Sc (gray bars) and Om (black bars) adipocyte (Sc-AD and Om-AD) and preadipocyte (PreAD) of a single healthy subject, as representative. The values on the y-axis represent arbitrary units derived from the mean expression value for albumin gene.