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. 2015 Jul 8;5:11759. doi: 10.1038/srep11759

Figure 4. GEF-H1 controls both dissemination and contractility of TGFβ-treated cells.

Figure 4

(A) GEF-H1 depletion impairs TGFβ-induced dissemination in CIA. TGFβ-treated cells were depleted of GEF-H1 and subsequently submitted to CIA. Impact of GEF-H1 silencing on dissemination speed was quantified by manual tracking. Number of cells from at least three experiments: siControl n = 81, siGEF-H1#2 n = 47, siGEF-H1#smart pool n = 32, (B) Validation of GEF-H1 protein depletion. Efficiency of GEF-H1 depletion was verified by western blotting. The vertical lanes indicate positions were gel images were cut in order to juxtapose non-adjacent lanes coming from the same gel. (C) Effect of GEF-H1 depletion on TGFβ-induced contractility. Representative images showing gel contraction by TGFβ-treated cells depleted of GEF-H1. (D) Quantification of gel contraction upon GEF-H1 depletion. Mean percentage values from two to six experiments were plotted on graphic.