Figure 3

Gene expression analysis of diabetic and healthy PACs. A) Gene expression was determined in the whole PACs population obtained from type 2 diabetic patients (T2D) and healthy subjects (Ctrl). Expression is reported relative to the housekeeping gene as 2^ΔCT. Note the logarithmic scale. *p < 0.05 T2D versus Ctrl. B) Expression of a selected number of genes found to be differentially expressed in (A) was tested in CD14⁺ monocytic and in CD14^- lymphocytic PACs separately. *p < 0.05 in CD14⁺ vs CD14^- cells; ^†p < 0.05 versus the control condition.