Transcriptome profiling of Wnt5A activated human coronary artery endothelial cells

Wnt5A is released from macrophages during systemic inflammation and sepsis. However, the early response targets for the paracrine action of macrophage derived Wnt5A in vascular endothelial cells still remain unclear. Here we show that Wnt5A regulates the expression of distinct molecular targets involved in inflammation, coagulation and extracellular matrix remodeling. The proteins encoded by these genes are direct targets for known drugs. Regulation of these specific targets by Wnt5A can modulate the drug response and efficiency. A two color competitive hybridization design was chosen. Samples from respective treatments are labelled with Cy5 and hybridized against a Cy3 labelled non-treated reference sample from the same experiment.