Akt2 knockout mice and wild-type littermates were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory. Mice were maintained under specific-pathogen-free conditions in the animal facility at the Beijing Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases Institute
Which a single plays essential position in the TGF-b1-induced EMT is not quite clear. In earlier in vitro study, we identified that Akt2 activity is included in TGF-b1-induced EMT in…