Figure 3.

Silencing of SOX18 inhibits the migration and invasion of HCC cells. MHCC-97H and HepG2 cells were transfected with the indicated siRNA. (A) Migration assay in Transwell chambers. Cells that migrated from the upper well of a Transwell chamber into the lower well were stained, photographed and counted. Representative images are shown at the left. Quantitative results are shown at the right. (B) Invasion assay in Matrigel-coated Transwell chambers. Data are based on at least three independent experiments and are shown as mean ± SD (^**P<0.01 as compared with NC).