Table 2.

Effects of TBEs on mRNA expression of inflammation mediators in adipocytes.

Genes	Control	TBE-50	TBE-70
TNF-α	1.00 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.11 **
IL-6	1.00 ± 0.09	0.76 ± 0.08	0.51 ± 0.04 **,#
MCP-1	1.00 ± 0.06	0.80 ± 0.06	0.64 ± 0.06 *
iNOS	1.00 ± 0.10	0.64 ± 0.04 *	0.40 ± 0.03 **,#

mRNA level was measured using qPCR. Values represent fold changes compared to the control. Data are expressed as mean ± SE of at least three independent experiments, each performed in triplicate (n = 3). * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 vs. control. ^# p < 0.05 vs. TBE-50.