Figure 2

Effect of dexamethasone and FCS upon mRNA expression in primary ASM cells. ASM cells were incubated with dexamethasone (10⁻⁷ M) for 1 h before being stimulated with FCS (2.5%) for 24 h. To validate the array data, the expression of 5 mRNAs were confirmed by TaqMan RT-PCR. Bars represent mean ± SEM from 9 primary ASM cells. ⁺⁺⁺p < 0.001 vs. 18S; ^*/#p < 0.05 vs. baseline; ^**/##p < 0.01 vs. baseline; ^###p < 0.001 vs. baseline.