Analyses of descending aorta mRNA from tamoxifen-treated Tie1fl/fl and Tie1–/fl;SCL-ERT-Cre mice. Semiquantitative RT-PCR assay of (A) Tie1 (P < 0.0001), (B) eNOS (P < 0.01), (C) ROCK1 (P < 0.001), (D) ROCK2 (P < 0.002), (E) ICAM (P < 0.05), and (F) VCAM (P < 0.001). n = 3 per group. *P < 0.05.