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Yun He, Yan Luo, Shibo Tang, Iiro Rajantie, Petri Salven, Matthias Heil, Rong Zhang, Dianhong Luo, Xianghong Li, Hongbo Chi, Jun Yu, Peter Carmeliet, Wolfgang Schaper, Albert J. Sinusas, William C. Sessa, Kari Alitalo, Wang Min
Published in Volume 116, Issue 9
J Clin Invest. 2006; 116(9):2344–2355 doi:10.1172/JCI28123
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Figure 1
Ischemia induces upregulation of Bmx expression in vasculature and generation of EC-specific Bmx-Tg mice.

(A) C57BL/6 (n = 3) mice were subjected to hind limb ischemia, and the upper (U) and lower limbs (L) were harvested on days 0, 3, 14, and 28 after surgery, as indicated. Bmx protein expression was determined by Western blotting with anti-Bmx antibody. β-Tubulin protein was used for normalization. (B) Day 3 samples from A were used for Bmx mRNA expression as determined by qRT-PCR. Data represent the fold increases in Bmx mRNA with expression in nonischemic lower limb taken as 1.0. (C) Day 3 samples were used for Bmx phosphorylation as determined by Western blotting with anti–phospho-Bmx antibody (pY40). (D) Bmx is induced in vascular endothelium. Bmx and the EC marker CD31 in the frozen sections of nonischemic and ischemic (day 3) lower limb were detected by immunohistochemistry with anti-Bmx and anti-CD31 antibodies, respectively. Bmx expression in a large artery in the nonischemic section and capillaries in the ischemic tissue section are indicated by arrowheads and arrows, respectively.