Journal: Oncology Letters
Article Title: Association between the expression of inhibitor of growth family member 4 and the progression of clear cell renal carcinoma
doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6450
Figure Lengend Snippet: ING4 expression is significantly decreased in CCRC tissues when compared with normal renal tissues. (A) A total of 40 paired tumor and adjacent normal renal tissues were analyzed for ING4 expression using western blotting. Decreased ING4 expression was observed in CCRC tissues compared with adjacent normal renal tissues. β-actin was used as internal control. (B) Average ING4 expression in 40 paired tumor and normal renal tissues samples. (C) Analysis of the expression level of ING4 protein (compared with normal renal tissue) according to tumor nuclear grade (grade I, n=7; grade II, n=16; grade III, n=13; grade IV, n=4), lymphatic metastasis (n0, n=29; n1, n=7; n2, n=4), tumor clinical stage (stage I, n=9; stage II, n=12; stage III, n=14; stage IV n=5). ***P<0.001 by t-test. CCRC, clear cell renal carcinoma; ING4, inhibitor of growth family member 4; NT, normal tissue.
Article Snippet: Briefly, 4-µm-thick sections were blocked with 5% bovine serum albumin in PBS prior to incubation overnight at 4°C with rabbit anti-human ING4 polyclonal antibody (1:100; cat no. 40-7700; Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot