(a) Expression of MGP in the lungs, kidneys, brain, aorta, heart, stomach, intestine, bone, muscle and liver of wild type mice. Expression of MGP was determined by real-time PCR with normalization to GAPDH expression. The MGP expression in the different organs is calculated as fold change compared to the MGP expression in the lungs of wild type mice.
(b–c) Expression of VE-cadherin (b), Flk1 (a) and von Willebrand Factor (vWF) (c) in the lungs, kidneys, brain, aorta, heart, stomach, intestine, bone, muscle and liver of wild type (Mgp+/+) and Mgp−/− mice. ***, P<0.0001; **, P<0.01; *, P<0.05.