Project description:Bare Metal Stents (BMS), Drug Eluting Stent (DES) and Exosomes Eluting Stent (EES) were placed in rat abdominal aorta for one week. Then total RNA of aortas was extracted. We used ScienCell's GeneQuery Rat Macrophage Polarization Markers qPCR Array Kit to quantitate gene expression of macrophage relevant genes.
Project description:MLS000408882-01 and MLS000573813-01 were identified through a cell based screen that measures the reactivation of an epigenetically silenced transgene. MLS000408882-01 and MLS000573813-01 shows selectivity for cancer vs. normal cells affecting both transcriptional patterns and cell viability in a cancer specific manner.
Project description:Many studies have characterized the results of shear stress changes on cultured endothelial cells in different bioreactor systems. However it is still unclear how an invasive intervention like stent procedure may influence the transcriptional response of endothelium. To study the simultaneous effects of shear stress changes and stent application on endothelial gene expression, we have used an experimental apparatus of laminar flow bioreactor (LFB) system with human cultured endothelial cells exposed or not exposed to stent procedure with different flow conditions. Microarray analysis was evaluated in each experimental protocol.