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. 2012 Jun 25;32(18):2261–2272. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.252

Table 2. Incidence of tumors by MCF-7 mammosphere and adherent cells in nude mice following the shRNA-mediated silencing of Beclin 1.

Number of cells inoculated 5 × 106 5 × 104 5 × 102
Mammosphere MCF-7 shSCR   5/5 5/5
Mammosphere MCF-7 shBECN1   3/5 2/5
Adherent MCF-7 shSCR 5/5 2/5  
Adherent MCF-7 shBECN1   4/5  

Abbreviations: shBECN1, Beclin 1 shRNA; shSCR, scrambled control shRNA; shRNA, short hairpin RNA.