Figure 8. Knockdown of MITF and/or Tfeb does not affect vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. Human retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE-19) cells were transfected with an siControl or a SMARTpool targeting MITF and/or Tfeb. Depletion of (A) MITF and/or (B) Tfeb did not reduce VEGF expression. The experiment was performed in triplicate. A representative experiment is shown with data expressed as the mean±standard deviation. *: p<0.05; ***: p<0.001; ns: p>0.05.