PPARGC1A and Obesity: UCP1, PPARG coactivator 1 alpha (PPARGC1A), transcription factor A, mitochondrial (TFAM), T-box transcription factor 1 (TBX1), and solute carrier family 27 member 1 (SLC27A1) expression was assayed in SAT and VAT samples, obtained during sleeve gastrectomy from 62 patients with obesity.