Cells were lysed in the Radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer as previously described (33 ). After lysis, the supernatant was collected. Equal amounts of protein (20 μg-40 μg) were run on for 1.5 hours at 130V using 4–20% Criterion TGX Stain-Free Protein Gels (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA) and electro-transferred to a PVDF membrane by Iblot2 transfer stacks (Invitrogen, Waltham, MA). Transferred proteins were probed with both a Fli-1 polyclonal antibody described previously (30 (link)) and an antibody to β-actin (Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA). The results were visualized using the Odyssey Imaging System (LI-COR, Lincoln, NE).