Fig. 5From: B7-H4 overexpression contributes to poor prognosis and drug-resistance in triple-negative breast cancera B7-H4 silencing or treatment of mAb MIH43 sensitized breast cancer cells to DOX-induced apoptosis. The percentage of apoptotic cells was investigated by measuring DNA fragmentation by apoptosis-specific ELISA detection kit. b B7-H4 silencing or treatment of mAb MIH43 increased apoptosis via promoting cleaved-PARP, cleaved-Caspase-3, cleaved-Caspase-7 and cleaved-Caspase-9 fragmentations. c Knockdown of B7-H4 or treatment of mAb MIH43 enhanced the level of PTEN and abolished the phosphorylation level of PI3K and AKT, whereas overexpression of B7-H4 could counteract these effectsBack to article page