Figure 7.

AngII increases CTGF mRNA expression and protein in mouse proximal tubular epithelial cells. Growth-arrested tubular cells were stimulated with 10−7 mol/L AngII from increasing times, CTGF gene expression was determined by Northern blot and protein levels by Western blot. A: A representative Northern blot. Top: Mean of two experiments done with identical results. B: A representative Western blot. Bottom: values of mean ± SEM of five experiments. * P < 0.05 vs. control.