Figure 5.
Downregulation of TNC in MDA-MB-435 cells reduces the number of lung metastatic foci. (a) Metastatic nodule (arrow) in the lung of a mouse injected with shCtrl cells. (b) Quantification of the number of lung metastatic foci. The average number of metastatic nudules was lower in animals injected with shTNC-3 cell clones than in mice injected with shCtrl cells (P < 0.05). No statistically significant differences were found when comparing data from shTNC-1 and shTNC-3 cells with parental cells or when comparing data from shTNC-1 with the shCtrl group (*P = 0.05 for the latter comparison).