Figure 5.
Validation of the effects of TGF-β1 effects on the expression of predicted genes targeted by the miRNAs in Caki-2 cells. Caki-2 cells were treated (+TGF-β1) or not (-TGF-β1) with TGF-β1 for 48 h, before quantitative PCR analysis was performed to measure gene expression. The plots show the results of three independent biological experiments. Statistical analysis was performed using unpaired t-test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. *P<0.05, **P<0.01. miRNA/miR, microRNA; BMPR, bone morphogenetic protein receptor type; ETS, avian erythroblastosis virus E26 (V-Ets) oncogene homolog-1; PLD, phospholipase D.