Real-time PCR (TaqMan®; Applied Biosystems; Foster City, CA, USA) was performed using specific primers and probes (Supplementary Table 3)33 (link),47 (link)–49 (link),54 (link). Values were expressed in relation to hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl-transferase (Hprt) levels. For the analysis of the human WAT samples, we used commercially available and pre-validated TaqMan® primer/probe sets (Applied Biosystems; Carlsbad, CA, USA) as follows: endogenous control peptidylprolyl isomerase A (cyclophilin A) (PPIA, 4333763) and UCP138 (link). Gene expression values were expressed relative to PPIA levels.
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