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. 2020 Jun 15;11:3015. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16827-z

Fig. 2. WISP1 is required for GSC proliferation and self-renewal.

Fig. 2

a Immunoblot analysis of WISP1 expression in GSCs transduced with non-targeting shRNA (shNT) or WISP1 shRNA (shWISP1) through lentiviral infection. b Cell viability assay of GSCs transduced with shNT or shWISP1. n = 6 (T4121 GSCs) or 5 (T387 GSCs) biological independent samples. Data are shown as means ± s.d. ****p <0.0001, two way ANOVA analysis followed by Tukey’s multiple test. c Representative tumorsphere images of GSCs transduced with shNT or shWISP1. Scale Bar: 200 μM. d Quantification of tumorspheres formed by GSCs transduced with shNT or shWISP1. n = 6 (T4121 GSCs) or 5 (T387 GSCs) biological independent cell cultures. Data are shown as means ± s.d. ****p <0.0001, two-tailed unpaired t-test. e In vitro extreme limiting dilution analysis of the tumorsphere formations of GSCs expressing shNT or shWISP1. n = 30 biological independent cell cultures. ****p <0.0001 by ELDA analysis. f Cell viability assay of GSCs transduced with shNT or shWISP1 and cultured with different dose of recombinant human WISP1 (rWISP1) protein for 4 days. n = 6 biological independent samples. Data are represented as means ± s.d. ****p <0.0001, two-tailed unpaired t-test. g Immunoblot analysis of WISP1 expression in T4121 GSCs after transduction with WISP1 overexpression or vector control. h Cell viability assay of T4121 GSCs transduced with WISP1 overexpression or vector control. n = 6 biological independent samples. Data are represented as means ± s.d. **p = 0.0014, ****p <0.0001, two-tailed unpaired t-test. i Tumorsphere formation of T4121 GSCs transduced with WISP1 overexpression or vector control. n = 6 biological independent cell cultures. Data are shown as means ± s.d. ****p <0.0001, two-tailed unpaired t-test. Source data are provided as a Source data file.