We infected VICs obtained from mice expressing the floxed-STOP CaV1.2TS transgene knocked into Rosa26 (Figure 2B) with either adenovirus expressing Cre recombinase (to remove the STOP codon) or GFP (control) and measured the expression of α-SMA by quantitative RT-PCR 2 days after infection. Here, MAP6 is linked to infection.