Table 1. Mean number of invasive foci per field and depth of invasion in HSC3 and HSC4 cancer cell lines after treatment with 50 μM EGCG or 8.7 μM 5-aza-dC for 6 days.
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Number of invasive foci per field mean±s.d.
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Depth of invasion mean±s.d. (μm)
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| Cell line | Control | 50 μM EGCG | 8.7 μM 5-aza-dC | Control | 50 μM EGCG | 8.7 μM 5-aza-dC |
| HSC3 | 26.4±3.8 | 11.4±2.7a | 6.0±2.0b | 191.0±33.7 | 93.0±32.3c | 182.4±13.2 |
| HSC4 | 17.6±2.9 | 10.2±0.8d | 10.6±3.6c | 234.6±27.9 | 180.4±16.1a | 206.4±25.9 |
a
P<0.00001;
b
P<0.0001;
c
P<0.001;
d
P<0.005 when compared with control by the Student's t-test.