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Using the stated curve assignments, read approximately and for Caco-2, and and for differentiated Caco-2. If both assays double product per cycle and have comparable threshold calibration,
Therefore TCF-short:TCF-long is approximately in Caco-2 and after differentiation. The short:long ratio rises about sixteenfold; under the supplied legend, this pilot result does not support preferential expression of TCF-long after differentiation. These are approximate graph-based estimates, particularly because fractional-cycle readings can noticeably change a large ratio. Cross-assay molecule ratios require validated efficiencies and calibration standards; equal-looking plateaus do not establish either assumption.

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