Figure 5.
TNMD triggers inflammation in human differentiated adipocytes. (a) mRNA expression and protein levels of interleukin 1-β (IL-1B); (b) mRNA expression and protein levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and mRNA levels were normalized to those of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase-1 (HPRT1); TNF-α and IL1B protein levels were analyzed by XMap technology (Luminex) as indicated in the methods section. (c) Phospho-NFκB p65 protein levels were analyzed by Western blot using a specific antibody against phospho-NFκB p65, normalized to the internal control (α-tubulin), and expressed as the fold-change. The lower section shows a representative crop blot. The data from three independent experiments are presented as the means ± SEM. Significant differences were identified using the Mann-Whitney U test; *P-value < 0.05.