Fig. 2
Comparison of PGC1α, UCP1 and PRDM16 mRNAs in EAT and SAT. TaqMan® real-time PCR analysis for mRNA expressions of PGC1α (a), UCP1 (b) and PRDM16 (c) in human adipose tissues (EAT and SAT) from coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. mRNA expression in thoracic SAT were compared as a fraction of epicardial fat, which was arbitrarily assigned the value of 1. Results were expressed as the mean ± SEM of the completed experiment in duplicate (n = 36). 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