Elimination of Cancer Stem-Like “Side Population” Cells in Hepatoma Cell Lines by Chinese Herbal Mixture “Tien-Hsien Liquid”

<table>THL dose-dependently diminished the mRNA expression of <i>ABCG2, CD133, SMO,</i> and <i>Gli</i> in Huh7 SP cells. Huh7 SP cells were treated with varying concentrations of THL for 48 h, and then the mRNA levels were analyzed by RT-PCR analysis. The reference <i>GAPDH</i> was used as the loading control.</table>

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Figure 5: Elimination of Cancer Stem-Like “Side Population” Cells in Hepatoma Cell Lines by Chinese Herbal Mixture “Tien-Hsien Liquid” 