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. 2012 Jul 16;13(7):8762–8774. doi: 10.3390/ijms13078762

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Figure 4

The functional relevance of miR-125b and its targets in HCCs. (A) Results of the CCK-8 assay for the proliferation of HepG2 cells after their transfection with either specific siRNAs targeting Mcl-1 (si_Mcl-1) and IL6R (si_IL6R) or the scrambled oligonucleotide at different culture durations. (B) The cell-cycle analysis of HepG2 cells treated with either specific siRNAs targeting Mcl-1 (si_Mcl-1) and IL6R (si_IL6R) or with the scrambled oligonucleotide and cultured for 24 h after cell transfection. (C) HepG2 cells were treated under the “rescue” condition; this panel illustrates the immunoblotting results of Mcl-1 and IL6R in extracts from HepG2 cells that were either transfected with the miR-125b mimic or the scrambled oligonucleotide for 24 h and then subsequently treated for an additional 48 h with either pcDNA-Mcl-1, pcDNA-IL6R, or pcDNA-empty. (D) The cell cycle analysis of HepG2 cells treated under the “rescue” condition described in the previous panel.