Gene Expression Profiles in Intracranial Arteries and Abdominal Aortae

Gene expression profiles were used to identify pathways common to arteries from different vascular beds. We used the Illumina Sentrix-6 whole-genome microarray platform to identify genes that are expressed in common between abdominal aorta and intracranial arteries of the circle of Willis. Keywords: Characterization of expression in normal arteries from different vascular beds: intracranial arteries and abdominal aorta. Intracranial vessels and abdominal aortae were obtained from cadavers and preserved in RNAlater. RNA was isolated from single artery samples.