Figure 1.
qRT-PCR and immunocytochemical analyses for PDAC cells in 2D culture. (a) E-cadherin and (b) vimentin mRNA levels were examined by qRT-PCR. There was high variability in the E-cadherin and vimentin levels. Results are presented as the means ± SD from triplicate measurements. The results are shown after normalization against the values obtained for MIA PaCa-2 cells (value = 1). (c) The expression levels of E-cadherin and vimentin were determined by immunocytochemical analysis of the eight human PDAC cell lines and the HPDE6 cells. Scale bar = 20 μm.