Fig. 4

The effect of FERMT3 on CSE induced EMT in A549 cells. a Ecadherin, Vimentin and Snail protein expression in A549 cells transfected with Si-NC, Si-FERMT3, FERMT3 vector or control vector for 24 h. *P < 0.01, **P < 0.01, compared with Si-NC; ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01, compared with control vector. n = 3 per group. b Ecadherin, Vimentin and Snail protein expression in A549 cells transfected with control vector or FERMT3 vector and then treated by 3% CSE for 24 h. *P < 0.01, **P < 0.01, compared with control vector; ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01, compared with control vector + 3% CSE. n = 3 per group. c Morphological changes of CSE-treated A549 cells after transfected with control vector or FERMT3 vector were observed