Figure 2.
Levels of cox-2 (A) and laminin-5 γ2 (B) mRNAs in lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. Levels of mRNAs were determined by real-time quantitative RT-PCR analysis. After normalization for 18S rRNA, data were expressed in arbitrary units. The results are the mean of duplicate measurements. Three cell lines (ABC-1, LC-2/ad, and L27) expressed cox-2 and laminin-5 γ2 chain mRNA at relatively high levels. Two lines (HLC-1 and VMRC-LCD) expressed them at low levels. Line A549 had a relatively high level of cox-2 mRNA, but a very low level of laminin-5 γ2 chain mRNA. LCD indicates VMRC-LCD.