Direct isolation of myofibroblasts and fibroblasts from bleomycin-injured lungs reveals their functional similarities and differences

Table 4 Differentially expressed genes between cultured fibroblasts and directly isolated myofibroblasts

Differentially expressed genes in cultured fibroblasts (α-SMA-positive myofibroblast-like cells) relative to directly isolated myofibroblasts by a factor of > 2.0 or < 0.5 and P < 0.05. QRT-PCR was performed in triplicate using three independently prepared RNA samples. Results represent the mean of three experiments.

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