Table 1.

Validation of T3 administration. Expression levels of T3-target genes in skeletal muscle of controls and T3-treated mice. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. n = 4 per each condition. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.005 by Student’s t-test.

Gene	CTR	T3
GLUT 4	1 ± 0.15	1.83 ± 0.45 *
UCP3	1 ± 0.33	2.14 ± 0.23 *
MyoD	1 ± 0.32	1.5 ± 0.22 *
Myh7	1 ± 0.20	0.60 ± 0.15 *
Myh1	1 ± 0.29	3.40 ± 0.61 **