Fig. 1

PGC1α, UCP1 and PRDM16 mRNA expression levels in EAT and SAT. TaqMan^® real time PCR for PGC1α, UCP1 and PRDM16 was performed on human EAT (a–c) and thoracic SAT (d–f) from coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with type 2 diabetes (CAD-DM2) (n = 22) and without it (CAD-NDM2) (n = 22) and non-CAD patients (NCAD) (n = 23). Results were expressed as the mean ± SEM of the completed experiment in duplicate. *P < 0.05 vs CAD-NDM2 and ^#P < 0.05 vs NCAD. PGC1α peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha; UCP1 uncoupling protein 1; PRDM16 PR domain containing 16; EAT epicardial adipose tissue; SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue