Figure 1

Comparison of gene expression signals generated by Affymetrix microarrays and quantitative real-time PCR. Gene expression signals were generated by real-time, quantitative PCR (Taqman, black bars) and oligonucleotide microarrays (Affymetrix, white bars). Overexpression or underexpression of a gene in the obese and lean cohorts is expressed as a log ratio, to the base 2. Affymetrix and Taqman based results for each gene are shown as a stacked bar. For each gene, agreement between the results from the two platforms is indicated when both white and black bars lie on the same side of the zero (0) value on the log ratio axis; conversely, disagreement is indicated when the gray and black bars lie on opposite sides. The overall agreement between the two platforms was 85% (45/53 genes showed agreement in the direction of differential expression).