Quantitation of VEGF, bFGF, VEGFR1, and VEGFR2 by Western blot analysis
. | Mean ratio . | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma cell group . | VEGF/immunoglobulin* . | bFGF/immunoglobulin† . | VEGFR1/immunoglobulin‡ . | VEGFR2/immunoglobulin§ . | |||
| Normal | 0.6 | 1.9 | NA | NA | |||
| SMM | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | |||
| MM | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 3.1 | |||
. | Mean ratio . | . | . | . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma cell group . | VEGF/immunoglobulin* . | bFGF/immunoglobulin† . | VEGFR1/immunoglobulin‡ . | VEGFR2/immunoglobulin§ . | |||
| Normal | 0.6 | 1.9 | NA | NA | |||
| SMM | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | |||
| MM | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 3.1 | |||
Mean ratios represent densitometric readings for cytokine/receptor bands corrected to the corresponding mouse immunoglobulin band derived from the immunoprecipitation antibody. NA indicates not applicable.
Normal, n = 2; SMM, n = 1; MM, n = 2.
Normal, n = 3; SMM, n = 2; MM, n = 4.
SMM, n = 3; MM, n = 5.
SMM, n = 3; MM, n = 5.