FIGURE 5.
Impact of DF(II) complexes on the gene expression of apoptotic, oncogenes, and stemness genes. Relative fold change in the gene expression of apoptotic genes (BAX and p21), key oncogenes (cyclin D, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), matrix metalloprotease (MMP) 9-mediated metastasis), and stemness (ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily G Member 2 (ABCG2), CD90, NOTCH1, WNT1, Sox9, 4-OCT, and Nanog) in tumor tissues, including (A) liver and (B) lung. Data are shown as mean ± SEM. LC-DF(II) NPs group was compared to the untreated LC and LC-DF(II) groups, considering statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05*, ≤0.005**, and ≤0.001***.