Assessment of Control Tissue for Gene and Protein Expression Studies: A Comparison of Three Alternative Lung Sources

Table 1

Primer information for Real time PCR.

Gene	Full gene name	ABI assay ID	Category
VEGFA	Vascular endothelial growth factor A	Hs00173626_m1	Growth factor
PGF	Placental growth factor	Hs01119262_m1	Signal transduction
FLT1	Fms-related tyrosine kinase 1	Hs01052945_m1	Signal transduction
KDR	Kinase insert domain receptor	Hs00911692_m1	Cell proliferation and differentiation
MMP-2	Matrix metalloproteinase 2	Hs00234422_m1	Calcium binding
MMP-9	Matrix metalloproteinase 9	Hs00234579_m1	Calcium binding
TIMP-1	Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1	Hs00171558_m1	Protein metabolism and modification
TIMP-2	Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 2	Hs01091319_m1	Protein metabolism and modification
GUSB	Beta-glucuronidase	4333767T	Carbohydrate metabolism
HGPRT	Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase	4333768T	Nucleoside, nucleotide, and nucleic acid metabolism
B2M	Beta-2-microglobulin	4333766T	Immunity and defence