Figure 1. Diminished expression of autophagy gene products in aged SVFs. (A) Relative mRNA expression of autophagy genes Beclin1, Atg3, Atg5, Atg7, Lc3a and Lc3b in adipose tissue SVF of young (4 m) and old mice (20 m) analyzed by real-time PCR using Ct values. Data represented in bar diagrams are Mean