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. 2019 Aug 21;9:12179. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48717-w

Figure 4.

Figure 4

The effects of uPAR in cetuximab-resistant cells in vivo. (A) The tumor volume was calculated twice weekly after the injection. when the volume of the transplantation tumor reached 100 mm3 (arrows), the mice were treated with different drugs as indicated below (n = 3 per group). Significant antitumor growth activity by uPAR knockdown (shuPAR) combined with cetuximab is evident in SAS-R and Sa3-R cell xenografts. *P < 0.05. (B) The tumoral tissues from the shMock + DMSO, shMock + cetuximab, shuPAR + DMSO, and shuPAR + cetuximab were fixed in 10% formalin, and paraffin sections were prepared for hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and immunohistochemistry (uPAR, integrin β1, ERK1/2, and p-ERK1/2). The scale bar indicates 50 μm.