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Figure 4

From: Akt promotes Endocardial-Mesenchyme Transition

Figure 4

myrAkt promotes mesenchyme outgrowth. (A-D) AVC explants (e) cultured on 3-D collagen gels had increased mesenchyme outgrowth of E9.5 VE-cadherin:tTA/TET:myrAkt AVCs (arrows) (B) when compared to control (A). This was more pronounced in E10.5 VE-cadherin:tTA/TET:myrAkt AVCs explants (D), where explants were still sprouting mesenchyme (arrows), while outgrowth of the control AVC explants was composed of an endothelial monolayer (m) (C). (E) Scoring of relative differences in mesenchymal invasion showed an increase in mesenchyme outgrowth of VE-cadherin:tTA/TET:myrAkt AVCs at E9.5 and E10.5 compared to control explants. The figures shown are representative images from n>5 double transgenic explants assessed. Each litter gives 25% double transgenic offspring.

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