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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Jun 13;1781(9):571–581. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.06.003

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC)-specific marker gene mRNA (A) and protein (B) expression in cultured aortic rings of wild-type (WT) mice. Rings were cultured in serum-free base medium for 0–72 h prior to RNA or protein extraction. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to assess the amount of mRNA, and Western blot was used to quantify the expression of marker proteins. Values are means ± SEM for 3 replicates. *Denotes significant difference from the preceding time point (P<0.05).