Fig. 5

Down-regulation of WISP2 enhances cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis. a, Western blot analysis was used to measure the WISP2 expression in ESCC cells transfected with WISP2 siRNA. b, Quantitative results for the panel A. * P < 0.01, vs Control. c, MTT assay was used to measure cell proliferation in ESCC cells following WISP2 siRNA transfection. * P < 0.05 vs Control. d, Flow cytometry was used to measure cell apoptosis in ESCC cells following WISP2 siRNA transfection. * P < 0.05 vs Control. E, Quantitative results for cell apoptosis percentage in ESCC cells after WISP2 siRNA transfection.. * P < 0.05, vs Control