Figure 1.
Quantitative CAMP mRNA expression in adipose tissue compartments and cellular fractions of mice. CAMP expression was investigated by quantitative real-time PCR in tissues and cellular fractions of wild type C57BL/6N mice. AT, adipose tissue; CAMP, cathelicidin anti-microbial peptide; gon., gonadal; SVC, stroma-vascular cell fraction; * outlier. (a) CAMP expression is higher in gonadal adipose tissue of male mice compared with female mice (P = 0.014; Mann–Whitney U test). (b) CAMP expression is significantly higher in gonadal adipose tissue compared with subcutaneous adipose tissue in male mice (P = 0.028; Wilcoxon test). (c) CAMP expression is higher in mature adipocytes compared with the stroma-vascular cell fraction (P = 0.025; Wilcoxon test) prepared from gonadal adipose tissue.
