Figure 4.
Regulation of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT)‐related and MMP gene expression by NEU3 in squamous cell carcinoma HSC‐2 and SAS cells. (a) Alterations of E‐cadherin (E‐Cad) and N‐cadherin (N‐Cad) mRNA levels in NEU3‐overexpressing or NEU3‐silenced HSC‐2 cells. (b) Alterations of membrane‐type 1 (MT1)‐MMP, MMP2, and MMP9 mRNA levels in NEU3‐overexpressing HSC‐2 cells and in NEU3‐silenced HSC‐2 and SAS cells. siCtrl, control; Vec, vector.