Table 2.

Fold gene expression changes for myofibroblast-like (ACTA2, TGFβ3) and fibroblast-like phenotype (vimentin).

Gene	Condition	Fold Change*
ACTA2	Cyclic strain	0.35 (0.07-1.64)
ACTA2	TGFβ1	1.12 (0.15-2.99)
ACTA2	Cyclic strain + TGFβ1	0.52 (0.24-2.00)
TGFβ3	Cyclic strain	0.84 (0.31-2.29)
TGFβ3	TGFβ1	1.80 (0.73-4.48)
TGFβ3	Cyclic strain + TGFβ1	1.83 (1.18-2.85)
Vimentin	Cyclic strain	0.53 (0.17-1.6)
Vimentin	TGFβ1	2.47 (1.39-4.41)
Vimentin	Cyclic strain + TGFβ1	0.93 (0.53-1.65)

^*Fold change with upper and lower 95% confidence intervals in parentheses