Validation of Reliable Reference Genes for Real-Time PCR in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells on Substrates with Different Stiffness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Gan ^a   Zhao, Lian ^a   Feng, Jiantao ^b   You, Guoxing ^a   Sun, Quanmei ^b   Li, Penglong ^a   Han, Dong ^b   Zhou, Hong ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN GENE; BETA ACTIN GENE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE GENE; SUBENDOTHELIAL MATRIX STIFFENING; SUBENDOTHELIUM; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE TRYPTOPHAN 5 MONOOXYGENASE ACTIVATION PROTEIN ZETA POLYPEPTIDE GENE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; YES ASSOCIATED PROTEIN GENE;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CULTURE MEDIA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84879544119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067360     Document Type: Article

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