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Fig. 1
HaCaT
HSC-5
Relative cell viability (Ratio)
12
10
12
10
7 (Day)
7 (Day)
BEAS-2B
25
Relative cell viability (Ratio)
0 (µM)
10
100
1,000
10,000
50,000
14
20
15
10
A549
40
Relative cell viability (Ratio)
Relative cell viability (Ratio)
14
30
20
10
(Day)
7 (Day)
Fig. 2
Number of colonies
(ratio)
(ratio)
10 100 500 000
LiCl (µM)
HSC-5
10 100 500 000
LiCl (µM)
1 µM
10 µM
0 µM
1 µM
10 µM
100 µM
500 µM
1000 µM
100 µM
500 µM
1000 µM
(ratio)
BEAS-2B
10 100 500 000
LiCl (µM)
Number of colonies
0 µM
Number of colonies
HaCaT
Number of colonies
(ratio)
A549
10 100 500 000
LiCl (µM)
0 µM
1 µM
10 µM
0 µM
1 µM
10 µM
100 µM
500 µM
1000 µM
100 µM
500 µM
1000 µM
Fig. 3
HSC-5
HaCaT
LiCl (μM) 0
pSRC
SRC
pAKT
AKT
pMEK
MEK
pERK
ERK
GAPDH
100 500
100 500
Fig. 4
LiCl
PP2
500
500
(µM)
(µM)
pSRC
SRC
GAPDH
Number of colonies (ratio)
2.5
1.5
ns
0.5
LiCl
500
500
(µM)
PP2
(µM)
LiCl
500
500
(µM)
PP2
(µM)
Fig. 5
LiCl
500
10
20
PD98059 -
500 500 500 (µM)
10
20
(µM)
pERK
ERK
GAPDH
Number of colonies (ratio)
2.5
1.5
ns
0.5
LiCl
500
500
(µM)
PD98059
10
10
(µM)
LiCl
500
500
(µM)
PD98059
10
10
(µM)
Suppl. Fig.1
LiCl
100
500
(µM)
b-catenin
GAPDH
Suppl. Fig.2
mRNA expression
1.5
c-SRC
N.S.
MEK1
1.5
N.S.
0.5
0.5
0.5
Li (μM) 0
100 500
100 500
MEK2
1.5
N.S.
100 500
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