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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2009 Jul;58(7):1000–1009. doi: 10.1136/gut.2007.140194

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Inhibition of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) expression by HSP70 siRNA induces caspase-dependent apoptotic cell death in pancreatic cancer cells. (A) Inhibition of HSP70 expression by HSP70 siRNA leads to decreased viability in the MiaPaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cell line at 72 h. Viability was measured by the MTT assay. Two different sequences of HSP70 siRNA were used to rule out any off-target effects of siRNA. n = 3, *p<0.05. (B) Inhibition of HSP70 expression by two different sequences leads to caspase 3 activation. n = 3, *p<0.05. MTT, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide.