Fig. 2From: Unexpected evolutionarily conserved rapid effects of viral infection on oxytocin receptor and TGF-β/pSmad3OXTR downregulation upon lentiviral transduction is evolutionarily conserved between mice and human. Shown are real-time qRT-PCR results on RNA derived from primary human myoblasts, which were transduced in vitro with non-target (GFP) versus Smad3-targeting shRNA vectors at MOI = 0.5. OXTR expression is attenuated by both lentiviral vectors while Smad3 is attenuated only by Smad3-targeting shRNA vectors. This downregulation of OXTR by lentiviral transduction is evolutionarily conserved between mouse and humanBack to article page