Fig. 8: Galunisertib reduces the expression of stemness-related genes in ex vivo HCC patients’ samples.

a Relative expression of TGFβ1 analyzed by qRT-PCR following treatment with galunisertib in ex vivo tumor samples from HCC patients. b Relative expression of CD44 and THY1 analyzed by qRT-PCR. Mean ± SEM (number of patients = 24, each experiment technically performed in triplicate). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001