Table 1. αB-crystallin-dependent cell characteristics in rat C6 glioma cells.

	Wild-type C6 cells	αB-crystallin overexpressing C6 cells	αB-crystallin knockdown C6 cells
Migration (μm/h)	12.1	8.5	40.1*
Area (μm2)	1.22×103	2.93×103*	0.99×103*
Radius standard deviation (%)	32.6	28.1*	48.5*
Eccentricity	0.870	0.807	0.959*
Shape Index	0.323	0.362*	0.126*
Cell division(h)	24.3	52.2*	49.2*
Area of the layered cell at 80% confluency(%)	5.4	4.8	13.2*

*Significant, compare to wild type, n = 500.