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. 2021 Jul 27;11:637247. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.637247

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Exosomal miR-125b blocks TGF-β1-induced EMT and TGF-β1/SMAD pathway signaling in recipient HCC cells. Low metastatic Huh7 cells were induced to show EMT by TGF-β1. (A) Relative miR-125b expression in Huh7 cells following treatment with TGF-β1. (B) Changes of morphology observed by optical microscopy after EMT induction by TGF-β1. (C) qRT-PCR results of mRNA expression levels of EMT marker genes in cells. (D) Protein expression levels of TGF-β1-EMT pathway genes based on Western blot assay. (E) Statistical analysis of protein expression levels in cells. Relative expression levels were normalized β-actin. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.