title: Transcriptomic analysis of visceral adipose from healthy and diabetic obese subjects.
abstract: Understanding the role of visceral fat accumulation in the occurrence and progression of metabolic syndrome is of considerable interest. In order to understand the difference between visceral tissue biology of healthy and unhealthy obese individuals, we have used microarray profiling to compare genome-wide expression differences between visceral adipose tissue biopsies obtained from obese diabetics, and those from age and body mass index (BMI) matched normal glucose tolerance subjects. Whereas genes upregulated in diabetics showed enrichment of natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity, the downregulated genes showed enrichment of biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids. Given the known inhibitory effect of unsaturated fatty acids on inflammation and natural killer cell number or activity, our results suggest that visceral inflammation resulting from decreased levels of unsaturated fatty acids may underlie progression of diabetes in obese individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: Poonam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Punjabi
authors.forename: Atima
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Abhay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Diabetes; microarray; transcriptional analysis; visceral adipose tissue