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. 2019 Nov 26;8(12):70. doi: 10.1038/s41389-019-0179-2

Fig. 2. Erlotinib prevents cervical CSCs enrichment through inhibiting IL-6.

Fig. 2

a Collection of conditional medium form HeLa229P or HeLa229/TR cells with or without 5 μM erlotinib treatment for 48 h to culture HeLa229P or HeLa229/TR cells, then flow cytometry assay was applied to detect the percentage of CD133+ cells. b RT-qPCR (upper) and ELISA (lower) analysis of indicated cytokines in HeLa229P and HeLa229/TR cells after treated with 0 μM or 5 μM erlotinib for 48 h. c Sphere-formation assay and colony-forming assay were performed in HeLa229P and HeLa229/TR cells treated with DMSO or IL-6 neutralizing antibody (10 μg/ml) for 48 h (scale bar = 100 µm). Data represent mean ± SD from three independent experiments (n = 3). Differences between linked groups were evaluated by two-tailed Student's t test. **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ns not significant, P parental, TR paclitaxel-resistant, CM conditional medium, Erl erlotinib, αIL-6 IL-6 neutralizing antibody.