Table 2

Validation of the microarray data from crocidolite-treated human A549 cells

Gene

Alias for Protein Product

Affymetrix* (fold change) this study

QRT-PCR (fold change) this study

Changes in mRNA levels in human cells observed by other groups


EGR1

Egr1

115.7

281.7 ± 3.8

ATF3

ATF3

25.3

23.7 ± 0.1

c-Jun

c-Jun

8.6

10.5 ± 0.7

JunB

JunB

2.2

3.6 ± 0.2

IL8

Interleukin 8

16.6

N.D.

Increased [73]

TP53

p53

1.8

N.D.

Increased [16,74]

SOD2

Mn-SOD

2.2

N.D.

Increased [75]

HMOX1

Heme oxygenase 1

2.1

N.D.

Increased [75,76]

c-myc

myc

2.0

N.D.

Increased [77]

CDKN1A

p21, Cip1

1.9

N.D.

Increased [16,74]


*represents significantly greater than control, q less than 0.05; N.D., not determined

chrysotile-treated A549 human lung epithelial cells

crocidolite-treated human pleural mesothelial cells

Hevel et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:376   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-376

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