Fig. 3

Effect of the components of the adipogenic inducer on expression of Mest in 3T3-L1 cells and ADCs. a 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and b ADCs were incubated in normal culture medium (control) in the presence or absence of IBMX (0.5 mM), DEX (1 μM), and INS (1 μg/ml) for 24 h. The gene expression values are expressed as ratios of values measured in controls, and normalized against 36B4 mRNA levels. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Asterisk indicates significant difference compared to control at the P < 0.05 level