Fig. 2: siRNA-mediated loss-of-function screen of candidate driver genes in TNBC cells.

a Replicate siRNA screens of candidate driver genes in TNBC cell lines BT549 and SUM149T. siRNA silencing effect of candidate gene on cell proliferation was assessed 96āh after transfection and presented with sulforhodamine B (SRB) colorimetric raw values. b Normalized percentage of proliferation control by siRNA silencing. The number of genes (black) whose silencing led to >40% proliferative inhibition was indicated in the pie chart, as primary hits. c Ranking and listing of the primary hits significantly controlling proliferation of BT549 and SUM149PT TNBC cell lines. siRNA targeting KIF11, positive functional control; siCtrl, non-targeting siRNA control. siRNA silencing effect on proliferation was relative to siCtrl. Error bars indicate variation of screen replicates. d Overlap primary hits in BT549 and SUM149T TNBC cell lines.