Fig. 1

ATB was highly expressed in human glioma. a RT-QPCR analysis of ATB expression in normal brain tissues (NBTs) (n = 19), glioma tumor tissues (n = 79) and glioma cell lines (U251 and A172). **P < 0.01 vs. NBTs group. b Expression levels of ATB in glioma tissues of positively correlated with tumor grades. **P < 0.01 vs. NBTs group. c Kaplan-Meier analyses of the associations between ATB expression level and overall survival of patients with human glioma (The log-rank test was used to calculate P-values). **P < 0.01 vs. low ATB expression group. d Relative expression levels of ATB after glioma cells transfected with sh-ATB and sh-control. **P < 0.01 vs. sh-control group