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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cell Physiol. 2012 Jun;227(6):2595–2604. doi: 10.1002/jcp.22999

Figure 5. Characterization of Mitral VICs.

Figure 5

[A] Immunofluorescence staining for Vimentin, SMAα2, and Desmin in the isolated VICs. Magnification: 40X, Scale: 50μm. [B] Relative abundance of transcripts for Vimentin, SMAα2 and SM22α in MVP-derived VICs, using qPCR. (* denotes p<0.05). [C] Western blots showing expression of SMAα2, desmin and ERK1/2 (loading control) [D] Schematic representation for expression of VIC markers.