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. 2021 Apr 12;40(18):3318–3330. doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-01765-x

Fig. 6. Silencing the expression of PTEN rescued the cell growth potential induced by PRDM4 overexpression.

Fig. 6

A The expression levels of PTEN, AKT, p-AKT, p21, and p27 were detected by Western blots in the PTEN-silenced HeLa-PRDM4 and SiHa-PRDM4 cells. B, C PTEN was silenced by specific shRNA targeting the PTEN CDS region in the PRDM4-overexpressing HeLa and SiHa cells, and the associated tumor weights and growth curves are shown. D The expression levels of AKT and p-AKT were detected in the HeLa-PRDM4 and SiHa-PRDM4 cells treated with the PTEN inhibitor SF1670. E The cell proliferation and cell vitality were assessed in the HeLa-PRDM4 and SiHa-PRDM4 cells treated with the PTEN inhibitor SF1670. F The correlation between the PRDM4 and PTEN mRNA levels in cervical cancer was analyzed using the TCGA database (R = 0.24, p < 0.05). G A proposed model of the PRDM4-mediated enhancement of PTEN inactivation of the PI3K/AKT pathway in cervical cancer progression. The data are presented as the mean ± SD of experiments in triplicate. Statistical significance is denoted by the symbols *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.