Figure 3.

Expression levels of versican were markedly upregulated in MM tissues. (A) qPCR was used to determine the mRNA expression of versican in 20 paired MM and matched adjacent normal tissue samples. (B) Western blot analysis was performed to determine the protein expression levels of versican in adjacent normal tissues and MM A375 cells; GAPDH was used as an endogenous reference. ^**P<0.01, vs. normal. T/N, tumor/normal; MM, malignant melanoma; qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.