Fig. 7

qRT-PCR validation of 5 randomly selected DE lncRNAs and 13 DE mRNAs in the microarray analysis (Fig. 6a). The heights of the columns represent the mean values of log-transformed fold changes in expression. IHC staining (b) and western blot (c) analysis of two of the most significantly DE genes—LOXL2 and PFK-1. Both LOXL2 and PFK-1 were more highly expressed in proliferating IH than in involuting IH (original magnification: × 400)