Fig. 7.
Effects of wortmannin on TGF-β2-induced Smad7 mRNA expression. Quiescent cell were pretreated with or without wortmannin and incubated in the presence or absence of TGF-β2 (10 ng/ml) for 24 hours. The relative levels of mRNA were normalized against GAPDH from the same cDNA preparation. Values represent the means ± SD of three independent experiments. * P < 0.05, in comparison to stimulation with TGF-β2 and without inhibitors