Fig. 4
HOXD9 overexpression in liver cancer cells increase the migration and invasion of liver cancer cells. a Western blot analysis of HOXD9 levels in the established cell lines. b qRT-PCR analysis of HOXD9 levels in the established cell lines. c Liver cancer cells with high HOXD9 expression exhibited stronger invasive abilities in Transwell and Matrigel assays. d HOXD9 overexpression significantly decreased the number of mice with distant metastasis. e and f More metastatic foci in liver were counted in each mouse injected with liver cancer cells silencing HOXD9. P < 0.01 is based on Student’s t-test. Error bars, SD