Fig. 3

CXCL14 promotes CECs proliferation. A, B Representative images (A) and statistical results of soft agar (B) assay in HCE- 2 with upregulated or downregulated expression of CXCL14. C, D Representative cell cycle curves (C) and statistical results (D) of HCE- 2 with CXCL14over/downregulation. E, F Expression of p63 was detected in pLV_CXCL14 or pLV_shCXCL14 and control groups in HCE-2 by Western blot (E) and gray level histogram (F). Statistical method: Mann–Whitney test. Data are shown as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01