TGF-β/Smad3 Stimulates Stem Cell/Developmental Gene Expression and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell De-Differentiation
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ABSTRACT: In order to determine a mechanism through which TGF-b/Smad3 promote these effects, Affymetrix gene expression arrays were performed on primary rat SMCs infected with Smad3 and stimulated with TGF-b or infected with GFP alone. More than 200 genes were differentially expressed (>2.0 fold change, p<0.05) in TGF-b/Smad3 stimulated SMCs. We then performed GO term enrichment analysis using the DAVID bioinformatics database and found that TGF-b/Smad3 activated the expression of multiple genes related to either development or cell differentiation, several of which have been shown to be associated with multipotent stem or progenitor cells.
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
PROVIDER: GSE54624 | GEO | 2014/02/04
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA237211
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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