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. 2020 May 5;10:7563. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64298-5

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Endothelial Twist1 stimulates SMC DNA synthesis and migration through PDGFB in vitro. (a) Graph showing BrdU-positive HPASMCs treated with CM collected from HPAE cells treated with Twist1 siRNA or control siRNA with irrelevant sequences or in combination with PDGFB (n = 4, *p < 0.05). Error bars represent s.e.m. (b) Graph showing HPASMCs migrating towards CM collected from HPAE cells treated with Twist1 siRNA or control siRNA with irrelevant sequences or in combination with PDGFB (n = 5, *p < 0.05). Error bars represent s.e.m. (c) Graph showing BrdU-positive HPASMCs treated with CM collected from HPAE cells treated with lentivirus expressing Twist1 or in combination with PDGF inhibitory antibody or PDGFB (n = 4, *p < 0.05). As a control, CM was collected from HPAE cells treated with control virus (vector alone). Error bars represent s.e.m. (d) Graph showing HPASMCs migrating towards CM collected from HPAE cells treated with lentivirus expressing Twist1 or in combination with PDGF inhibitory antibody or PDGFB (n = 5, *p < 0.05). As a control, CM was collected from HPAE cells treated with control virus (vector alone). Error bars represent s.e.m.