Fig. 5

Restoring miR-503-5p represses ESCC cell progression. a RT-qPCR to detect miR-503-5p mRNA expression in ESCC cells; b MTT assay to detect ESCC cell viability; c colony formation assay to detect ESCC cell colony-forming ability; d flow cytometry to detect ESCC cell apoptosis rate; e–f transwell assay to detect ESCC cell migration and invasion abilities; for all quantitative results, the data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments. Discrepancies among multiple groups were assessed by one-way ANOVA; * P < 0.05 compared with the miR-503-5p-NC group