Table 2.

Gene expression analysis of Lean, VSG and Obese G19 placenta using rtPCR.

		Lean			VSG			Obese			Statistics
cldn5	Rn01753146_s1	100	±	11.5	209.1	±	37.9	219.3	±	80.5	*P < 0.05 Lean vs. VSG
il1rn	Rn02586400_m1	100	±	6.9	192.2	±	34.9	117.2	±	28.6	**P < 0.01 Lean vs. VSG
Il1ß	Rn00580432_m1	100	±	17.3	180.2	±	29.0	155.8	±	47.3	*P < 0.05 Lean vs. VSG
mmp9	Rn00579162_m1	100	±	11.9	231.2	±	81.1	97.6	±	14.6	P = 0.05 Lean vs. VSG
mmp12	Rn00588640_m1	100	±	7.8	82.1	±	11.4	63.2	±	9.5	*P < 0.05 Lean vs. Obese
ar	Rn00560747_m1	100	±	9.0	67.3	±	13.2	68.4	±	14.7	*P < 0.05 Lean vs. VSG
lepr	Rn01433205_m1	100	±	10.7	57.3	±	8.7	95.8	±	8.9	*P < 0.05 Lean vs. VSG

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01.

N=7-11/group. Data are presented as mean ±SEM.