Figure 1. qPCR analysis demonstrated different pattern of adipokines mRNA expression levels in the WAT of rabbits aerosol infected with HN878 (active TB) and CDC1551 (latent TB).
The fold changes in the mRNA levels were calculated after comparing to control rabbits and normalizing to housekeeping HPRT mRNA levels (n=4, 12 weeks post infection). (A) Fold change in the levels of adiponectin and PPARγ. (B) Fold change in the levels of adipocytokines TNFα, IL-6 and IL-10.
Significance represent mean values of the data with Standard Error of the mean (SEM) as vertical lines. (The error bars represent standard error of the mean. ** p ≤ 0.01 or *** p ≤ 0.001 compared to uninfected rabbits; ##p ≤ 0.01 or ###p ≤ 0.001 compared to HN878 infected rabbits).