Fig. 5From: Transketolase-like 1 ectopic expression is associated with DNA hypomethylation and induces the Warburg effect in melanoma cellsTKTL1 enhances invasive behaviour in melanoma. Melanoma cells were plated out and transfected with either 10nM control siRNA or TKTL1 specific siRNA and subjected to invasion assay. a Representative images of invasion of LM-MEL-59 is shown (scale bar = 100 μm). b The graph shows the total number of invasive cells counted. c Invasiveness of melanoma cells LM-MEL-44 after treatment with empty vector control or TKTL1 pcDNA was tested, images captured (scale bar = 100 μm) and d invasion was quantified as above. Values are mean ± SD of three independent experiments in triplicate (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.005)Back to article page