Figure 5. Effect of gene knockdown on metastasis promoting genes.
Relative mRNA expression of Smad2 A., Smad3 B., TMEPAI C., Snai1 D., Slug E. in MDA-MB-231 (231) cells that are expressing control, TMEPAI (TMKD), Smad2 (Smad2KD) and Smad3 (Smad3KD) shRNAs in the absence or presence of TGF-β (2 ng/ml) relative to normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC).