Tamilselvan SUBRAMANI1,2, Suresh RAO2, Kamatchiammal SENTHILKUMAR3, Soundararajan PERIASAMY4, Noorjahan Banu ALITHEEN1
BIOCELL, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 71-76, 2013, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2013.37.071
Abstract The present study demonstrates that the expression of c-Jun and c-Fos are elevated in gingival fibroblast cells treated with angiotensin II and cyclosporine. The healthy human gingival tissues were collected and gingival fibroblasts were isolated and cultured. We used RT-PCR and Western blot analysis to identify the expression of c-Jun and c-Fos in cyclosporine and angiotensin II treated human gingival fibroblast cells. We found that angiotensin II in combination with cyclosporine induces c-Jun and c-Fos expressions significantly; however, the angiotensin II antagonist losartan inhibits the expression of c-Jun and c-Fos (p < 0.01). The data suggest that angiotensin II in… More >
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