PMID- 17933217 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071109 LR - 20211020 IS - 1052-2166 (Print) IS - 1555-3884 (Electronic) IS - 1052-2166 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2007 TI - Gene expression variability in subcutaneous and omental adipose tissue of obese men. PG - 35-46 AB - We investigated interindividual variability in gene expression in abdominal subcutaneous (SC) and omental (OM) adipose tissue of 10 massively obese men. Affymetrix human U133A microarrays were used to measure gene expression levels. A total of 6811 probesets generated significant signal in both depots in all samples. Interindividual variability in gene expression was rather low, with more than 90% of transcripts showing a coefficient of variation (CV) lower than 23.6% and 21.7% in OM and SC adipose tissues, respectively. The distributions of CV were similar between the two fat depots. A set of highly variable genes was identified for both tissues on the basis of a high CV and elevated gene expression level. Among the set of highly regulated genes, 18 transcripts were involved in lipid metabolism and 28 transcripts were involved in cell death for SC and OM samples, respectively. In conclusion, gene expression interindividual variability was rather low and globally similar between fat compartments, and the adipose tissue transcriptome appeared as relatively stable, although specific pathways were found to be highly variable in SC and OM depots. FAU - Zhang, Yonghua AU - Zhang Y AD - Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology Research Center, Laval University Medical Research Center, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Bosse, Yohan AU - Bosse Y FAU - Marceau, Picard AU - Marceau P FAU - Biron, Simon AU - Biron S FAU - Lebel, Stephan AU - Lebel S FAU - Richard, Denis AU - Richard D FAU - Vohl, Marie-Claude AU - Vohl MC FAU - Tchernof, Andre AU - Tchernof A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Gene Expr JT - Gene expression JID - 9200651 SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/*metabolism MH - Cell Death/genetics MH - *Gene Expression MH - *Genetic Variation MH - Humans MH - Lipid Metabolism/genetics MH - Male MH - Microarray Analysis MH - *Obesity MH - Omentum MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Subcutaneous Fat/*metabolism PMC - PMC6042019 EDAT- 2007/10/16 09:00 MHDA- 2007/11/10 09:00 PMCR- 2018/07/12 CRDT- 2007/10/16 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/16 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/11/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/10/16 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/07/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - GE-14-35 [pii] AID - 10.3727/000000007783991772 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene Expr. 2007;14(1):35-46. doi: 10.3727/000000007783991772.