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. 2020 Sep 11;11(9):744. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-02941-9

Fig. 1. Depletion of MLKL accelerates TRAIL-induced cell death.

Fig. 1

a HeLa cells expressing MLKL shRNA, or a non-silencing control were analyzed by western blotting, and these cells were treated with varying doses of TRAIL for 12 h and cell viability was analyzed by MTT assay (upper panel) or phase-contrast microscopy (bottom panel). The results are presented as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Scale bars, 100 μm. b HeLa cells stably expressing MLKL shRNA or non-silencing control were treated with TRAIL (0.6 ng/ml) in a time-dependent manner (upper panel), and these cells treated for 5 h in dose-dependent manner (bottom panel). The cells were harvested, and total lysates were analyzed by western blotting. c A549, HCC4006, H2009, and MDA-MB231 cells expressing MLKL shRNA, or non-silencing control were analyzed by western blotting (upper panel), and these cells were treated with varying doses of TRAIL for 24 h and cell viability was analyzed by MTT assay (bottom panel). The results are presented as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.