Figure 1 of Carrasco, Mol Vis 2008; 14:1496-1502.


Figure 1. Expression of CST in the retinal pigment epithelia (RPE) and in the neuroretina (N) of diabetic and nondiabetic donors. A: Semiquantitative RT-PCR shows a higher CST expression in the retina (RPE and N) from nondiabetic donors. Human β-actin was used as internal control and, as can be seen, its signal intensity was similar in the retina of diabetic and nondiabetic donors. B: This shows real-time quantitative RT-PCR analysis of CST mRNA in human retinas. The bars represent the mean±SD of the values obtained in the five diabetic and the five nondiabetic donors studied. CST mRNA gene expression was calculated after normalizing with β-actin. The following abbreviations are used in the figure: size marker (M); positive control, human brain (C); retinal pigment epithelium (RPE); and neuroretina (N).