Figure 6.
Knocking down Sort1 significantly inhibited proliferation and colony formation in HCC cells. (a) Sort1 expression levels in HCC cell lines and human normal hepatocytes (THLE-2) determined by real-time PCR. (b) Effects of shRNA-Sort1 transfection on Sort1 expression in HepG2 cells determined by fluorescent quantitative PCR. (c) Effect of Sort1 knockdown on HepG2 proliferation determined by CCK-8 assay. (d) Effects of Sort1 knockdown on the clonogenic ability of HepG2 cells based on the colony formation assay. ∗p < 0.05 and ∗∗p < 0.01.