The gene expression of HUVEC in response to the cytokine stimulations
The response of endothelial cells to the tissue environment has a critical impact on their function in inflammation and tumors. In particular, cytokine stimulation such as TNFa, IL-4, IFNg, and LTbR induces gene expression changes, which significantly impact endothelial cell function and differentiation. To understand the degree of gene expression change, we performed a transcriptome analysis of HUVEC. Overall design: HUVEC cells were cultured at 2X10(5)/well in the 6-well plate. The next day, the cell medium was replaced with 10 ng/ml TNFa, 10 ng/ml IL-4, 50 ng/ml IFNg, or control (EGM-2 medium only) and cultured 2 days. RNA was isolated and used for the library generation.