Total proteins from A549 cells were isolated using RIPA lysis buffer (Aspen Biotechnology, Wuhan, China). BCA kit was performed to quantify the concentration of proteins. After that, proteins (10 μg/lane) were separated by 10% SDS-PAGE and then transferred onto PVDF membranes. Next, PVDF membranes were incubated with primary antibodies anti-KLF1 (Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA; 1:1000; Rabbit), anti-E-cadherin (1:1000; Rabbit), anti-N-cadherin (1:1000; Rabbit), anti-β-catenin (1:1000; Rabbit), anti-cleaved caspase 3 (1:1000; Rabbit), anti-Bcl-2 (1:1000; Rabbit), or anti-β-actin (1:1000; Rabbit) at 4°C overnight. Subsequently, PVDF membranes were incubated with the secondary antibodies (1:5000; Goat Anti-Rabbit) for 1 h. Then, the protein bands were observed using an efficient chemiluminescence (ECL) kit according to the previous literature [35 (link)]. β-actin was viewed as an internal control.