Figure 2.
mRNA expression of target genes in PLs in APAH in alphabetical order. Comparison of mRNA expression characteristics of PLs in patients with congenital shunts between the systemic and pulmonary circulation (APAH), the adjacent arteries from which they sprout, concentric lesions in patients with APAH without PLs, and controls. Expression of target genes was calculated using the ΔCT method (see Materials and Methods for details). Middle horizontal lines indicate medians; error bars, percentiles. PDGFRb, β-type platelet-derived growth factor receptor.