Figure 1

Levels of TM in bladder cancer cell lines. (a) Levels of TM were examined in HT1197, HT1376, T24 and J82 cell lines using RT-PCR and Western blot analyses. For real-time RT-PCR analysis, the y-axis represents the ratio of TM expression in four cancer cell lines relative to the expression in HT1197 cancer cells. (b) The invasive capacity of bladder cancer cells was evaluated by invasion assays. The results from representative slides are shown. The y-axis represents the ratio of invading cells detected in four bladder cancer cell lines normalized to that in HT1197 cancer cells. Data are expressed as the mean of three separate experiments ± SD; *P  <  0.05. (BA1 = HT1197; BA2 = HT1376; BA3 = T24; BA4 = J82).