Investigations

Human aortic smooth muscel cells (Thermo Fisher Scientific, C-007-5C, LOT: 2164581) were treated with TGB1 or PDGF/L1B to induce the contractile or synthetic SMC phenotype. As part of a multi-omics analysis, we conducted mass spectrometry to quantify protein levels of cell lysates using a HPLC-ESI-MS/MS system (HPLC=high pressure liquid chromatography, Ultimate 3000 UPLC system; ESI=electrospray ionization) and an Orbitrap Exploris™ 480 mass spectrometer. MS data were analyzed and normalized with ...