Figure 6.
Effects of sFRP4 on protein expression levels: The combinatorial treatment of sFRP4 and chemotherapeutic drugs significantly upregulated the apoptotic protein (Bax) and downregulated cell survival (Cyclin D1) and oncogenes (C-Myc). (a,b) Breast tumor cell line-derived CSCs (MDA231/MCF7). (c,d) Prostate tumor cell line-derived CSCs (PC3/LnCap). (e–g) Ovary tumor cell line-derived CSCs (A2780 P/CIS/ADR). In combinatorial treatment, an elevated Bax/Bcl-xl ratio corresponded to elevated cell apoptosis. Statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA for analysis variance with Bonferroni test for comparison showing significance as ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05. Blots and relative protein expressions are mean ± standard error of mean from 3 independent experiments.