HIF-1α protein rather than mRNA as a marker of hypoxia in adipose tissue in obesity: focus on “Inflammation is associated with a decrease of lipogenic factors in omental fat in women,” by Poulain-Godefroy et al.

Abstract

we were interested to see the article by Poulain-Godefroy et al. ([4][1]) in which a global decrease in lipogenic markers was associated with the enhancement of inflammation in human adipose tissue, a relationship accentuated in diabetic subjects. The authors further show that expression levels of