Fig. 1.
Confirmation of the increased mRNA expression levels of CCL2 (MCP-1) and CCL3 (MIP-1α) in adipocyte samples from obese subjects by quantitative RT-PCR. Adipocyte samples were isolated from abdominal subcutaneous biopsies from a group of nine non-obese (white bars) and ten obese (black bars) Pima Indians who were separate from those who provided the microarray data. The expression of CCL2 (MCP-1) (a) and CCL3 (MIP-1α) (b) was normalised to that of TBP. The data are presented as means±SEM. *p=0.02 vs lean subjects; **p=0.04 vs lean subjects