Research Paper Volume 8, Issue 9 pp 2232—2252

Global gene profiling of aging lungs in Atp8b1 mutant mice

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Figure 7. Quantitative Real-time RT-PCR analysis confirmed several transcripts in Atp8b1 mutant and C57BL/6 lungs at 7-9 wks vs. 14 M. (A) In C57BL/6 mice, CxCr6 transcript increased significantly at 14M relative to 7-9 wks.*** p < 0.001 relative to 7-9 wks time point. (B) In C57BL/6 mice, Col1a1 transcript significantly decreased at 14M compared to 7-9 wks. * p < 0.05 relative to 7-9 wks time point. (C) In Atp8b1 mutant, Adamts2 was significantly decreased at 14M when compared to 7-9 wks. * p < 0.05 relative to 7-9 wks time point. (D) CxCr6 transcript was significantly increased in 14M Atp8b1 mutant lungs versus 7-9 wks Atp8b1 mutant lungs. * p < 0.05 relative to 7-9 wks time point. (E) Col1a1 transcript levels decreased significantly at 14M relative to 7-9 wks in Atp8b1 mutant lungs. * p < 0.05 relative to 7-9 wks time point. (F) Mmp13 was significantly increased in aged Atp8b1 mutant lungs versus young adult lungs (7-9 wks). * p < 0.05 relative to 7-9 wks time point. For the qRT-PCR, N=6 mice were tested per group. Student’s T test was used to calculate statistical significance between the two groups.