Fig 3. FOXD3 silencing promoted proliferation and inhibited starvation-induced apoptosis in SW1080 cells.
A: Western blotting analysis of FOXD3 and cleaved caspase-3 expression in SW1080 cells. B: Cell proliferation assay showing significantly enhanced proliferation rate of FOXD3-silenced SW1080 cells in comparison with siNC-treated SW1080 cells (P<0.05) by MTT assay. C: Representative images of EdU assay in SW1080 cells. D: Statistical results from five independent EdU assays. E: Representative results of apoptosis assay by flow cytometry in serum-starvated SW1080 cells. F: Statistical results from three independent apoptosis assays. Summarized results are expressed as mean ±SD. EV, empy vector; NC, negative control. Scale bar, 50μm.