The effects of knockdown of PML by different individual siRNAs in HUVEC cells

To study the potential target genes regulated by PML in endothelial cells, we carried out siRNA-mediated knockdown of PML in HUVEC cells. To eliminate the off-target effects of siRNAs, we utilized two different siRNAs. Only the genes changed in the same pattern following both siRNAs transfection are considered as potential PML-knockdown responsive genes. The experiment is one-factor (siRNA) with three ranks (siCtrl, siPML-1, siPML-2). We included technical duplicates for each sample. To minimize systemic errors assoicated with technique, we distributed the duplicates on two different microarray chips.