To explore integrin α2, αV and β1 gene expression, RNA from HepG2 and Huh7 was isolated using RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), according to [11 (link)].
The iTaq Universal SYBR Green Supermix (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA) and gene specific primers (Integrin α2, αV, β1, GAPDH; Bio-Rad Laboratories) were employed: ITGA2 UniqueAssayID: qHsaCID0016134; ITGAV UniqueAssayID: qHsaCID0006233; ITGB1 UniqueAssayID: qHsaCED0005248; GAPDH UniqueAssayID: qHsaCED0038674. RNA levels were normalized with GAPDH and calculated in relative quantification as ∆∆Ct (elative fold change in gene expression).
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