Standard western blot analysis was carried out as described previously [26 (link)]. Antibodies against E-cadherin (ab76055), vimentin (ab92547), VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor, ab46154) and TGF-β1(ab25121) were purchased from Abcam (Cambridge, MA). The following antibodies were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Beverly, MA, USA): Smad2/3 (#3102), p-Smad2 (#3108), p-Smad3 (#9520), MMP-2 (matrix metalloproteinase-2, #4022) and MMP-9 (#3852). SHCBP1 antibody (12672–1-AP) was purchased from Proteintech (Wuhan, China). β-actin (sc-8432) antibody was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA).
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