As3+-induced VEGF, but not IL-6 secretion, is JNK dependent. (A) BEAS-2B cells were either untransfected or transfected with 50nM control siRNA (siCon) or JNK siRNA (siJNK) followed by As3+ treatment for the indicated times. IL-6 in the cell culture medium was determined by ELISA. (B) Cells were treated as in (A). The levels of VEGF were determined by ELISA. (C) VEGF generation from the control cells, cells transfected with Stat3 siRNA (siStat3), or control siRNA (siCon) in the presence or absence of 10μM As3+ for 8h. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD, n = 3. *p < 0.05.