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. 2016 May 23;6:26480. doi: 10.1038/srep26480

Figure 4. STAT3 mediates VEGF-induced HRMVEC migration, sprouting and tube formation.

Figure 4

(a) Cells were transduced with Ad-GFP or Ad-dnSTAT3, growth-arrested, treated with and without VEGFA (40 ng/ml) for 10 min or 60 min, cell extracts were prepared and analyzed by Western blotting for pSTAT3 levels and the blots were reprobed for total STAT3 or β-tubulin to show the over expression of dnSTAT3 or normalization. (be) All the conditions were the same as in panel a except that after growth-arrest cells were subjected to VEGFA-induced migration (b), DNA synthesis (c), sprouting (d) or tube formation (e) assays. The bar graphs represent quantitative analysis of three independent experiments. The values are presented as Mean ± SD. *p < 0.01 vs Ad-GFP; **p < 0.01 vs Ad-GFP ± VEGFA.