Fig. 11

Real time PCR analysis. RNA expression changes of bax, bcl2, p21, p53, xiaop, rb1 in the liver tissues of normal BALB/c mice (A) and curcumin treated HCC model (B). TDC led to the dramatically increased expression of p53, especially in positive tumor samples (P value < 0.0001). The bcl2, xiaop, rb1, and p21 were respectively the most declined genes (P value < 0.0001) by TDC in HCC positives versus healthy samples. The bax was significantly (P value < 0.001) increased by TDC in both cancerous and healthy samples. Data are indicated as Mean ± SEM, N = 3 mice per group. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between treatments.