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. 2021 Jun 7;12(6):587. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-03858-7

Fig. 4. DGCR5 promotes antiapoptotic gene Mcl-1 expression in ESCC.

Fig. 4

A Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway of DGCR5‑related ESCC genes. Fisher exact P values were plotted for each enriched functional category. Enriched functional categories with P < 0.05 are shown. B GESA enrichment of the subsets of DGCR5‑related genes involved in apoptosis. C Mcl-1mRNA was upregulated in ESCC tissues according to the TCGA database. D Mcl-1 mRNA was increased in the 70 pairs of ESCC samples. E Mcl-1 mRNA was inhibited when DGCR5 knockdown in TE1 and Kyse170 cells. F Mcl-1 mRNA was upregulated when DGCR5 overexpressed in TE1 and Kyse170 cells. G Knockdown of DGCR5 promoted cell apoptosis while Mcl-1 overexpression inhibited apoptosis in TE1 and Kyse170 cells, but simultaneous knockdown DGCR5 and Mcl-1 overexpression could reverse it. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.