Fig. 2From: Autophagy promotes metastasis and glycolysis by upregulating MCT1 expression and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation in hepatocellular carcinoma cellsAutophagy promoted HCC cell migration and invasion. (a, b) Migration and Matrigel invasion assays were used to detect the migration and invasion of HepG2 cells and SMMC-7721 cells cultured with control, EBSS or EBSS + 3MA for 6 h. Representative images are shown (magnification: ×100). (c, d) Western blot showed the expression of MMP2 and MMP9 in the starved HepG2 and SMMC-7721 cells cultured with control, EBSS or EBSS + 3MA for 6 h. Data are shown as the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05Back to article page