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. 2022 Mar 18;13(3):249. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-04685-0

Fig. 1. Skp2 is required for the maintaining of tumorigenic properties of human colorectal cancer (CRC) cells.

Fig. 1

A Left, the representative staining images of CRC specimens and adjacent tissues; right, quantification of the staining intensity using Image-Pro PLUS (v.6) and Image J (NIH) computer software. ***p < 0.001. a significant difference between groups as indicated. B Immunoblot (IB) analysis of Skp2 protein level in Skp2 knock out CRC stable cell lines. C MTS assay was performed to determine the cell viability of Skp2 knock out CRC stable cell lines treated with/without 2 Gy irradiation (IR). ***p < 0.001. D, E Plate colony formation assay analysis of the colony formation of Skp2 knock out HCT116 (D) and HT29 (E) stable cell lines treated with/without IR (2 Gy). ***p < 0.001. F, G Soft agar assay determination of the anchorage-independent cell growth of Skp2 knock out HCT116 (F) and HT29 (G) stable cell lines treated with/without IR (2 Gy). ***p < 0.001. HJ Average tumor volume (H), average tumor weight (I), and the population of Ki67 positive cells (J) of HCT116-sgCtrl and HCT116-sgSkp2 xenografts treated with/without IR. ***p < 0.001.