Journal: Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling
Article Title: Stent treatment improves cerebral microcirculatory disorder and blood–brain barrier function in internal carotid artery stenosis via intercellular adhesion molecule 1 modulation
doi: 10.1002/ccs3.70058
Figure Lengend Snippet: Transcriptomic analysis of rat internal carotid artery severe stenosis model before and after stent implantation. (A) Experimental flowchart illustrating the collection of brain tissue samples and transcriptomic analysis process before and after stent implantation in rats; (B) differential gene expression analysis results, showing the gene expression differences between brain tissue samples before and after stent implantation; (C, D) clusterProfiler enrichment analysis results, displaying the enrichment of DEGs in gene ontology and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathways; (E) correlation analysis between ICAM1 and genes related to inflammation, BBB function, and cerebral microcirculation; (F) protein–protein interaction network analysis results, demonstrating the central role of ICAM1 in the network and its interactions with other inflammation‐related proteins; (G) gene set enrichment analysis enrichment analysis results, indicating significant enrichment of the NF‐κB signaling pathway in DEGs after stent implantation; (H, I) western blot results, showing the nuclear translocation of NF‐κB p65 and changes in the expression levels of ICAM1 and IκBα after stent implantation. All data are presented as mean ± standard error. Experiments were repeated three times, and statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001. DEGs, differentially expressed genes.
Article Snippet: ELISA assays for TNF‐α (ab236712, Abcam, UK), IL‐6 (ab234570, Abcam, UK), MMP‐9 (R6000B, R&D Systems, USA), and ICAM‐1 (RIC100, R&D Systems, USA) were implemented as per the manufacturers' protocols.
Techniques: Gene Expression, Western Blot, Translocation Assay, Expressing