Figure 5.
Protein and gene expression levels of mitochondrial‐related genes in MS. PGC‐1α protein content and mRNA expression of mitochondrial transcription factors and genes by qPCR were determined in vastus lateralis biopsies of MS patients and healthy controls. (A) Representative Western immunoblot with PGC‐1α protein bands at different molecular weights. Total (B) and individual bands (C) of PGC‐1α protein levels in MS and controls. (D) Quantitative mRNA expression analyses of mitochondria‐related transcription factors and genes (E). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. Mean ± SD.