Figure 2
From: Chemokines protect vascular smooth muscle cells from cell death induced by cyclic mechanical stretch
Expression of transcripts of candidate genes in RASMCs subjected to CMS. RASMCs were subjected to CMS for four hours, and expressions of transcripts of Cxcl1 (a), Cx3cl1 (b), Cxcl6 (c), Ccl12 (d), Nr4a1 (e), NOS2 (f), Mmp9 (g), Mmp13 (h), and Hspa1b (i) were evaluated using the real-time RT-PCR method. The quantity of the transcripts is expressed as a percentage of the control, normalized with respect to GAPDH. Data are means ± SE (n = 4); *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 versus control, and N.S. indicates no significant difference.
