Journal: Genes to Cells

Article Title: Functional Role of COP1 Gene in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Lipid Metabolism and Stemness

doi: 10.1111/gtc.70108

Figure Lengend Snippet: COP1 knockdown reduces motility, and stemness in HCC cells. (a‐b) Migration (a) or invasion (b) assay showing reduced motility in Huh7 and HepG2 cells treated with COP1‐siRNA, as quantified by the relative migration or invaded area. Statistical significance: *, p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 vs. control. (c) Sphere formation assay images and quantitative data from Huh7 and HepG2 cells, demonstrating a decrease in both the number and size of spheres in COP1‐siRNA‐treated cells. (d) Sphere formation assay images and quantitative data from PLC/PRF/5 CD133+ cells. Compared to the control grpup, both the sphere number and size decreased upon COP1‐siRNA treatment. Scale bar, 100 μm Statistical significance: *, p < 0.05; *** p < 0.001 vs. control.

Article Snippet: The cells were treated with FcR Blocking Reagent and CD133 MicroBeads (130‐100‐857, Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) according to the manufacturer's instructions and incubated for 15 min at 4°C in the dark.

Techniques: Knockdown, Migration, Control, Tube Formation Assay

Journal: PloS one

Article Title: Reduced selenium-binding protein 1 in breast cancer correlates with poor survival and resistance to the anti-proliferative effects of selenium.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063702

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. The Expression of SELENBP1 in Normal and Tumor Breast Tissues. Breast cancer tissue arrays were stained by immunohistochemistry using anti-human SELENBP1 antibody at 1:100 dilution. Positive stained cells are shown in dark brown color. (A) Strong positive staining of SELENBP1 in normal breast tissue under low power view (200X). (B–C) Weak positive to negative staining of SELENBP1 in breast cancer tissues under high power view (400X). (D) The Allred scoring distributions of SELENBP1 expression in normal and tumor tissue groups. Inside lines represent means and standard deviations. *p,0.05. (E) Statistical results for the difference between normal and tumor tissues as analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063702.g001

Article Snippet: Breast Cancer Tissue Array Slides Three sets of breast cancer tissue arrays (including normal, primary tumor, and metastases) were obtained from Imgenex or Biomax Inc.

Techniques: Expressing, Staining, Immunohistochemistry, Negative Staining

Journal: PloS one

Article Title: Reduced selenium-binding protein 1 in breast cancer correlates with poor survival and resistance to the anti-proliferative effects of selenium.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063702

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. SELENBP1 Expression is Progressively Reduced in Advancing Clinical Stages in Breast Cancer Tissues. (A) The scoring distributions of SELENBP1 expression in normal tissues and tumor tissues at stage II and stage III. Inside lines represent means and standard deviations. **p,0.01. (B) Statistical results for the difference between normal and tumor tissues as analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test. (C) Survival curves of breast cancer patients with respect to different SELENBP1 expression levels are shown at stage II and (D) stage III. Blue and red lines represent the SELENBP1-high and SELENBP1-low groups, respectively. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063702.g002

Article Snippet: Breast Cancer Tissue Array Slides Three sets of breast cancer tissue arrays (including normal, primary tumor, and metastases) were obtained from Imgenex or Biomax Inc.

Techniques: Expressing

Journal: PloS one

Article Title: Reduced selenium-binding protein 1 in breast cancer correlates with poor survival and resistance to the anti-proliferative effects of selenium.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063702

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. The Correlation of SELENBP1 Expression with ER, PR, and TP53 in Breast Cancer Tissues. (A) The scoring distributions of SELENBP1 expression in normal tissues and tumor tissues with ER+ and ER– status. The inside lines represent means and standard deviations. **p,0.01. The difference between normal and ER+ and ER– tumor tissues was analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test and statistical results are shown (B). Survival curves of breast cancer patients with respect to different SELENBP1 expression are shown in ER+ group in (C). The blue line is the SELENBP1- high group and the red line is the SELENBP1-low group. The scoring distributions of SELENBP1 expression in normal and tumor tissues with PR+/PR–

Article Snippet: Breast Cancer Tissue Array Slides Three sets of breast cancer tissue arrays (including normal, primary tumor, and metastases) were obtained from Imgenex or Biomax Inc.

Techniques: Expressing