Figure 6

Adiponectin deficiency limits adipose tissue inflammation in gonadally intact males and females, but not ovariectomized females. After 16 weeks of HFD, adipose tissue inflammation was assessed via qRT-PCR in (A) F WT and APN−/− mice (n = 15–16), (B) M WT and APN−/− mice (n = 15–16), and (C) OVX WT and APN−/− mice (n = 15–16), as well as (D) western blot analysis of p-JNK activation in M WT and APN−/− mice (n = 15). Data is presented as mean ± SE. *Signifies statistically significant differences (P < 0.05).