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. 2017 Aug 21;7:8944. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09387-8

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Ras isoform-driven stemness properties are oppositely altered by mSREBP1c. (A,B) Mammosphere-forming efficiency was measured for Hs578T (A) or MDA-MB-231 (B) breast cancer cells transfected with SREBP1 siRNA or mSREBP1c vector. Mammospheres were allowed to form for 9 days. The mammosphere-forming efficiency was measured as the number of spheres formed and normalized to control (mean ± SEM, n = 3). Representative images of spheres are shown below the plots. Scale bar represents 1000 μm. (C,D) Left, CD44/CD24 FACS profiles are shown for HEK cells expressing (C) H-rasG12V or (D) K-rasG12V and after mSREBP1c expression. Right, shown is the average percentage of CD44+/CD24 HEK cells for each condition. Error bars denote the SEM from three independent experiments performed in duplicate. Statistical significance levels are annotated as *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001.