Fig. 1
From: Assessment of lipolysis biomarkers in adipose tissue of patients with gastrointestinal cancer
Analysis of SAT lipolysis-associated genes in gastrointestinal cancer patients and in controls. The mRNA levels of ATGL, HSL, PPARa, and MCP1 were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR from SAT of gastrointestinal cancer patients (N = 23) and controls (N = 15). Data were normalized against the housekeeping Actin-β gene from two biological replicates and a calibrator was used as internal control. A, B Data show higher expression of ATGL (p = 0.008) and HSL (p = 0.006) in gastrointestinal cancer patients with respect to controls. C PPARa mRNA levels show a trend of increased expression in cancer patients compared to controls (p = 0.055). D No significant difference was observed in MCP1 mRNA levels. **p < 0.01. Abbreviations: adipose triglyceride lipase, ATGL; hormone-sensitive lipase, HSL; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha, PPAR-a; monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, MCP1