Table of RTqPCR validations of bypass microarrays for some up (ì) and down (í) regulated genes in scWAT before (T0) and after surgery-induced weight loss (3M). Mean values ± SE are reported, after 18S expression normalization. The P-value is calculated by the Wilcoxon non-parametric paired test. P-value £ 0,05 was the  threshold for significance. ns = not significant.

Colony stimulating factor-1,CSF-1, CD68, CD18, CD11b, fibroblast growth factor 13, FGF-13, neuropeptide Y receptor type-1, NPY-1R, were down regulated three months after weight loss (B).