Cardiac gene expression (random section containing both ventricles) in C57BL/6 mice intratracheally instilled with Printex 90 carbon black nanoparticles (set 1)

C57BL/6 mice were exposed to vehicle or 0.162 mg carbon black nanoparticles by intratracheal installation and were sacrificed 1, 3 and 28 days post-exposure. Gene expression was investigated in two sets of mice treated according to the identical exposure protocol. MicroRNAs were investigated in the second set of mice. Individual total RNA (200 ng) from 6 mice per treatment group (control and 0.162mg) and Universal Mouse Reference total RNA (Stratagene, Mississauga, ON, Canada) was used to synthesize double-stranded cDNA.