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. 2013 Mar 5;8(3):e58723. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058723

Table 2. Total length of tubular complexes, total size of tubular complexes and number of junctions after the transfection of endothelial cells HMEC-1 with 3 different siRNA molecules (h_siRNA 529, h_siRNA 240, h_siRNA 241).

Total length of tubular complexes Total size of tubular complexes Number of junctions
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
HMEC-1 103±2 96±3 104±2 116±4 94±4 96±3 100±3 93±4 106±3
h_siRNA 529 100±2 66±4* 75±7* 106±2 70±3* 70±5* 96±2 61±7* 71±7*
h_siRNA 240 101±2 107±4 113±4 109±5 111±4 114±4 99±1 106±6 111±3
h_siRNA 241 95±4 103±4 109±5 105±10 109±7 112±5 90±2 101±6 108±9
siRNA Ctrl 91±4 103±2 102±5 92±7 107±2 102±6 89±3 100±3 100±6

Data represent arithmetic mean±SEM normalized to cells treated with Lipofectamine RNAiMAX only (% of Lipofectamine RNAiMAX); *P<0.05 vs. untreated control cells (HMEC-1), Lipofectamine RNAiMAX and negative control siRNA (siRNA Ctrl).