Research Article

Heat Shock Protein HSP27 Secretion by Ovarian Cancer Cells Is Linked to Intracellular Expression Levels, Occurs Independently of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Pathway and HSP27’s Phosphorylation Status, and Is Mediated by Exosome Liberation

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Basal intracellular expression and secretion of HSP27 in OVCAR-3 and SK-OV-3 cells. (a) OVCAR-3 and SK-OV-3 cells were propagated and relative intracellular HSP27 expression was determined by Western blotting. HSP27 signal was normalized to β-actin. (b) Secreted HSP27 concentrations were determined in OVCAR-3 and SK-OV-3 cell culture supernatants by ELISA. Graphs of samples were calculated as the mean ± SD. values were determined by Student’s -test with () given as significant.
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