Figure 3.

The effects of miR‐155‐5p on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion and migration. (a–e) Cell viability, the percentage of apoptotic cells, wound healing and transwell assays, and the expression of Bcl‐2, Bax, caspase‐9, MMP2 and MMP9 in Hep3B and HepG2 transfected with miR‐155‐5p inhibitor and mimics, respectively; the intensity of each band was quantified; the value under each lane indicates the relative expression level of the regulators; n = three repeats with similar results; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 by Student's t‐test versus inhibitor and mimics NC, respectively.