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. 2021 Dec 1;12(12):1120. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-04409-w

Fig. 4. miR-18b binds to the 3′UTR region of TCEAL7 to reduce its expression.

Fig. 4

A Targetscan predicted that miR-18b combined with TCEAL7. B, C The target relationship between miR-18b and TCEAL7 verified by luciferase reporter gene assays. D Immunoprecipitation experiment to verify the binding of TCEAL7 and miR-18b (n = 3). E, F qRT-PCR showed that the expression of TCEAL7 was downregulated after co-cultured with CAFs-derived exosomes and NFs-derived exosomes (n = 3). G Western blot verified the results of qRT-PCR (n = 3). H Western blot observed the expression of TCEAL7 after transfected with miR-18b mimics and inhibitor in cancer cells (n = 3). I MDA-MB-231 cells are transfected with NC mimics+NC, miR-18b mimics+NC, or miR-18b mimics+pcDNA-TCEAL7 to detect invasion and migratory cell number by transwell. J Immunohistochemistry showed TCEAL7 expression in breast cancer tissues with different pathological grades (n = 3). * indicates p < 0.05. The measurement data were expressed using mean ± SD, and the experiment was repeated three times. Comparisons between two groups are analyzed by nonpaired t-test; one-way ANOVA was used for multiple data analysis groups.