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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Animals, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Cell Proliferation, Female, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Genetic Therapy, Hep G2 Cells, Humans, Liver Neoplasms, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, Neoplasm Transplantation, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering, Vitronectin.
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Does vitronectin silencing inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo? Context: To explore if inhibition of vitronectin can be used for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. RNAi technology was used to silence the expression of VTN in HepG2 and SMMC 7721 cells. Change of growth characteristics in these cells was evaluated. VTN silencing does not affect growth characteristics of cancer cells in monolayer cell culture, but could suppress the colonized growth of cells in soft agar. VTN-siRNA suppresses colony formation more than 80% compared with that of control in SMMC7721cells and leads to the inhibition of colony formation of over 70% in HepG2 cells. In addition, VTN silencing decreases the size of tumor xenografts in nude mice, particularly in male mice, with an inhibition rate of 46.6%.
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VTN plays a significant role in the malignant growth of tumor. Inhibition of VTN could potentially be applied for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Final Decision: yes