Table 2.

Basal mRNA expression^∗ of molecules under study in murine kidney and lung

Gene	Kidney†	Lung†
Occludin	0.0041 (0.0003)	0.0660 (0.0270)
Claudin-5	0.0002 (0.00003)	0.1906 (0.1411)
VE-cadherin	0.0056 (0.0009)	1.2187 (0.6225)
PV-1	0.0055 (0.0010)	0.4771 (0.2179)
CD31	0.0052 (0.0006)	0.4502 (0.2184)
Endomucin	0.0107 (0.0020)	0.0540 (0.0253)
Ang1	0.0019 (0.0002)	0.0449 (0.0225)
Ang2	0.0006 (0.0001)	0.0061 (0.0035)
Tie2	0.0030 (0.0003)	0.1615 (0.0745)
VEGFA	0.0119 (0.0006)	0.5413 (0.2634)
VEGFR1	0.0053 (0.0025)	0.1193 (0.0544)
VEGFR2	0.0039 (0.0006)	0.165 (0.0771)

^*mRNA expression levels were determined using quantitative RT-PCR with GAPDH as reference gene.

^†Data are presented as mean and SD of each group (n = 5 animals/group).