Table 1.

Relative mRNA expression

Tissue	Mr	11βHsd1	11βHsd2
Renal cortex	1.01±0.09	1.00±0.06	1.03±0.10
Pancreatic islets	1.12±0.19	0.02±0.007***	0.002±0.0006***
MIN6 cell line	0.68±0.08†	0.0033±0.001**	0.0067±0.001***

Data are expressed as mean±SEM fold-changes vs renal cortex in each gene of interest; 18S was used as endogenous control

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001 vs renal cortex

^†p=0.07 vs pancreatic islets