Figure 3
From: Is oxygen a key factor in the lipodystrophy phenotype?
ANGPTL4 expression study of adipose tissue sections. (A) Angptl4 is a target of hypoxia in human adipose cells. Quantitative PCR analysis of ANGPTL4 mRNA in adipocytes (white bar), cultured for 24 hours in chemical DFO hypoxic condition (grey bar). n = 2, p < 0.001. (B) Differential ANGPTL4 and leptin expression in adipose tissue sections depending on the anatomical origin of the adipose tissue. We assessed ANGPTL4 (left panel) and leptin (right panel) levels by immunostaining subcutaneous (a), omental (b), and mammary (c) fat deposits and adipose tissues around a pheochromocytoma (d) and from the lipo-hypertrophic zone of lipodystrophic patients treated for HIV (e). Immunostaining with an isotypic control was carried out for each sample tested: a', b', c', d' and e'.