Journal: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Article Title: PECAM1 Combines With CXCR4 to Trigger Inflammatory Cell Infiltration and Pulpitis Progression Through Activating the NF-κB Signaling Pathway
doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.593653
Figure Lengend Snippet: Overexpression of MEF2C reverses the functions of shPECAM1 and shCXCR4 in cells. (A,B) MEF2C overexpression vector was further administrated into HDPFs in the presence of shPECAM1 and shCXCR4. (A,B) mRNA and protein expression of MEF2C, PECAM1, and CXCR4 in cells determined by RT-qPCR and western blot analysis, respectively. (C–F) Levels of PGE2, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-8 in cells determined by RT-qPCR and ELISA kits, respectively. (G) apoptosis of HDPFs determined by TUNEL assay. Data were collected from three individual experiments and expressed as mean ± SD. Data were analyzed by one-way (C–G) or two-way ANOVA (A,B) followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test. ** p < 0.01 vs. shPECAM1 + oe-NC; ## p < 0.01 vs. shCXCR4 + oe-NC.
Article Snippet: Then, qPCR was performed using a one-step PrimeScript TM RT-qPCR kit (Takara Biotechnology Ltd., Dalian, China) on an ABI 7900HT real-time PCR System (Applied Biosystems, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, United States) for RNA quantification.
Techniques: Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, TUNEL Assay