Journal: Cancer Management and Research
Article Title: The Pro-Tumor Biological Function of IL-36α Plays an Important Role in the Tumor Microenvironment of HCC
doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S407123
Figure Lengend Snippet: The expression of IL-36α in different cell lines was investigated. ( A ) The expression levels of IL-36α were measured in Lo2 (normal liver cell), Huh7 (well-differentiated HCC cell), and HepG2 (poor-differentiated HCC cell), using ELISA. Higher expression of IL-36α was observed mainly in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. ( B ) The viability of the cell lines (Lo2, Huh7, and HepG2) was assessed after treatment with different concentrations of IL-36α (750, 500, 250, 125, and 62.5 ng/mL) for 24 hours. The viability of cells decreased with increasing IL-36α concentrations, with the greatest effect observed at 500 ng/mL. ( C and D ) The concentration of the treatment group was significantly lower than that of the blank control group. The scratch healing rate of lateral migration of HepG2 cells was assessed using a scratch healing experiment (*P<0.05).
Article Snippet: The CCK-8 kit, including human IL-36α/IL1F6 (IL36A) Kit, human IL-18, and IL-1β, was purchased from Solarbio, Beijing, China.
Techniques: Expressing, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Concentration Assay, Control, Migration