Fig. 4. Control of cell migration and invasion by miR-17-5p.
a, b Over-expression of miR-17-5p and silencing of vimentin decreased LoVo and HT29 cell mobility. Left: The width of the scratch-wounded cell monolayer was recorded at 0 and 24 h, or 0 and 30 h after wounding via photography. Right: The relative migration distance presented in the column chart. c, d Down-regulation of miR-17-5p increased cell migration in LoVo and HT29. e Over-expression of miR-17-5p and silencing of vimentin inhibited LoVo cell invasion based on Transwell assays. f Down-regulation of miR-17-5p increased cell invasion in LoVo. The bars represent mean ± SD. *P < 0.05. All the experiments were repeated three times.