RNA-Seq analysis SIRT6 knockdown effect on vascular smooth muscle cells
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotype switch has been thought to be critical to the development of thoracic aneurysm/dissection. To investigate the function SIRT6 in the regulation of VSMCs phenotype switch, we established mouse vascular smooth muscle cells in which each target gene has been knocked down by siRNA. Overall design: VSMCs isolated and cultured from mouse aorta were siSirt6 or control (n=3 for each group) for 48 hours. Total RNA was isolated using Trizol reagent (Invitrogen, USA). Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, USA) was used to evaluate the RNA quality.