Fig. 3.
Gene expression in the cerebral cortex of 3-month-old mice of the indicated genotypes. qPCR analysis of genes modulated in the cerebral cortex of WT/EGFP (5 females), WT/E2F4DN (3 males and 3 females), 5xFAD/EGFP (5 females), and 5xFAD/E2F4DN (4 females) mice (a), strongly upregulated DAM genes (b), low or non-upregulated DAM genes (c), phagocytosis-related genes (d), inflammation-related genes (e), and Gfap, an astrocyte marker (f). Relative gene expression was normalized to Rps18 rRNA levels and expressed as 2ΔCt (obtained values were adjusted by the factor indicated between brackets). *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 (unbalanced two-way ANOVA, followed by post hoc Student’s t test)