Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: A novel variant p.Y250C of FZD4 influences Norrine/β-catenin signaling pathway that associates with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR)
doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-34442-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: Detection of wild-type and mutant FZD4 on downstream signal proteins by luciferase reporter gene assay. FZD4-wild-type (FZD4-WT) and FZD4-mutant (FZD4-MU) represent the relative luciferase activity ascertained from the transfection of wild-type FZD4 plasmid and mutant FZD4 plasmid into Hela cells, respectively. Data are representative of three independent experiments. The experimental data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (mean ± SD). Differences between groups were assessed using the Student’s t -test, and * P < 0.05.
Article Snippet: The human cervical cancer HeLa cell line was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA) and maintained at a temperature of 37 °C in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) enriched with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Luciferase, Reporter Gene Assay, Activity Assay, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Standard Deviation