Journal: Oncology Letters
Article Title: Elevated expression of POLD1 is associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer
doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.9392
Figure Lengend Snippet: POLD1 knockdown affects cell cycle progression. (A) Cell cycle distribution of the MCF-7/shControl and MCF-7/shPOLD1 cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. (B) Data for the cell cycle assay results. Data points are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. *P<0.01, shControl vs. shPOLD1. POLD1, polymerase δ catalytic subunit gene 1; shPOLD1, short hairpin RNA targeting POLD1; shControl, control short hairpin RNA.
Article Snippet: Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting POLD1 (shPOLD1) and the negative control shRNA (shControl) were purchased from Shanghai GenePharma Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). shRNA was designed using online shRNA tools (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), and the oligonucleotides encoding POLD1 shRNA were as follows: 5′-CACCGGTCCACCTTCATCCGTATCACGAATGATACGGATGAAGGTGGACC-3′ (forward) and 5′-AAAAGGTCCACCTTCATCCGTATCATTCGTGATACGGATGAAGGTGGACC-3′ (reverse).
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Cell Cycle Assay, shRNA