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. 2009 Oct;50(10):2095–2102. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M900236-JLR200

TABLE 2.

Expression of Alzheimer's disease-related genes in primary human astrocytes and SKN-SH cells at baseline and following 48-h incubation in serum-free media

Astrocytes
SK-N-SH
Gene Baseline 48-h Incubation Baseline 48-h Incubation
ABCA1 3.77 ± 0.3 1.43 ± 0.4a 0.51 ± 0.1 1.42 ± 0.2a
PLTP 2.46 ± 0.3 1.08 ± 0.3a 0.84 ± 0.1 1.15 ± 0.3a
APOE 0.86 ± 0.1 0.94 ± 0.2 NA NA
MAPT 0.65 ± 0.2 1.18 ± 0.2a 0.75 ± 0.1 1.16 ± 0.4a
CDK5 0.26 ± 0.0 0.97 ± 0.3a 0.90 ± 0.1 0.91 ± 0.2
GSK3β 1.08 ± 0.1 0.93 ± 0.1a 0.88 ± 0.1 1.01 ± 0.2a
APP 2.21 ± 0.2 1.01 ± 0.2a 0.75 ± 0.1 0.96 ± 0.2a
DAB1 6.90 ± 0.6 0.88 ± 0.2a 0.13 ± 0.0 0.74 ± 0.1a

Baseline levels in primary human astrocytes were measured in samples obtained from two donors, while 48-h incubation data were obtained from samples obtained from four donors. Data are shown as mean ± SD of gene/18S. NA, not applicable.

a

P ≤ 0.01 by t-test.