Table 3.
The relative mRNA expression levels of heparanase (HPSE), upstream stimulatory factor (USF)1 and USF2 in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and HCC tissues
| Genes |
Cells |
Tissues |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSG7701 | BEL-7402 | HepG2 | HCCLM3 | NLT | NTST | HCC | |
|
HPSE |
0.11 ± 0.06a |
1.98 ± 0.13 |
1.50 ± 0.14 |
3.01 ± 0.65 |
0.15 ± 0.08 |
0.20 ± 0.09 |
1.75 ± 0.55c |
|
USF1 |
0.11 ± 0.05a |
1.50 ± 0.12 |
2.34 ± 0.32 |
2.38 ± 0.23 |
0.18 ± 0.08 |
0.22 ± 0.07 |
1.61 ± 0.45c |
| USF2 | 0.10 ± 0.04a | 1.70 ± 0.14 | 10.61 ± 0.92b | 16.84 ± 1.66b | 0.12 ± 0.09 | 0.14 ± 0.09 | 13.92 ± 1.45c |
Abbreviations: HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, NLT normal liver tissues, NTST non-neoplastic tumor surrounding tissue. aCompared with BEL-7402, HepG2 and HCCLM3, P < 0.01; bCompared with BEL-7402, P < 0.01; cCompared with NLT and NTST, P < 0.01.