Research Article

LASP1 Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer through the TGF-β1/Smad/Snail Pathway

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(a-b) LASP1 effect on key molecules in the TGF-β1/Smad/Snail signaling pathway in A549 (a) and SK-MES-1 (b) cell lines under TGF-β1 treatment. After 48 h coinfection with TGF-β1 accompanying LASP1 knockdown or overexpression, the cell lysates were detected for protein levels of pSmad2, Smad2, pSmad3, Smad3, and Smad7 by western blot. Ratios of pSmad2/Smad2, pSmad3/Smad3 and Smad7/GAPDH were presented by gray intensity analysis. GAPDH was used as reference control. Data were shown as mean ± SD, n = 3. , , and vs. the cell alone group without TGF-β1 treatment, and , , and vs. the TGF-β1-treated noninfection group (TGF-β1).
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