Journal: Frontiers in Genetics
Article Title: TIMP3 Overexpression Improves the Sensitivity of Osteosarcoma to Cisplatin by Reducing IL-6 Production
doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00135
Figure Lengend Snippet: Apoptosis-related gene expression in Saos2-lung cells following overexpression or knockdown of TIMP3. (A) The expression levels of Bcl-2, Bax, p-Akt, cleaved caspase-3, and cleaved caspase-9 were measured using western blotting in transfected-Saos2-lung cells, with or without cisplatin. (B,C) The results are expressed as the ratio of Bcl-2 to GAPDH, Bax to GAPDH, p-Akt to t-AKT, cleaved caspase-3 to caspase-3, and cleaved caspase-9 to caspase-9. Data are presented as the means ± SD. ∗∗∗ P < 0.001, ∗∗ P < 0.01, ∗ P < 0.05. All data were obtained from at least three independent experiments.
Article Snippet: For TIMP3 overexpression, Saos2-lung, MG63, and U2OS cells were transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled-lentiviral vectors (GeneChem, Shanghai, China) expressing TIMP3 or a vector with a scrambled control sequence.
Techniques: Gene Expression, Over Expression, Knockdown, Expressing, Western Blot, Transfection