Table 2.

Gene expression in valvular and vascular endothelial cells in response to steady laminar shear stress. (U, upregulation; D, downregulation; s.d., standard deviation)

gene	aortic valve EC			aortic EC
	fold	s.d.	p value	fold	s.d.	p value
VCAM-1	D 1.25	0.18	0.003	D 1.06	0.15	0.732
Cu/Zn SOD	U 1.70	0.17	0.007	U 1.44	0.14	<0.001
CYP1A1	U 8.38	1.27	<0.001	U 9.33	2.87	<0.001
eNOS	U 1.18	0.22	0.06	U 1.14	0.18	0.162
Cxn 37	D 1.25	0.09	0.07	D 1.29	0.12	0.17
BMP-4	D 2.05	0.02	<0.001	D 2.07	0.91	<0.001