Total proteins were isolated using radioimmunoprecipitation lysis buffer (Beyotime) and loaded onto SDS-PAGE gel for separation and then transferred to PVDF membranes (BioRad, 1,620,177). After that, the membranes were blocked with skim milk for 2 h, incubated with primary antibodies against MYRF (1:1000; Abcam, ab227721), cleaved-Caspase-3 (1:1000; Abcam, ab32499), Bax (1:1000; Abcam, ab182733), BCL2 (1:1000; Abcam, ab182858), and GAPDH (1:1000; Abcam, ab9485) at 4°C overnight. Then an enhanced chemiluminescence kit (Santa Cruz, sc-2048) was employed to detect the protein signals following another 2 h incubation with HPR-conjugated secondary antibody. Protein levels were quantified using Image-Pro® Plus software (Media Cybernetics) [18 (link)].