Autophagy related protein 9A increase in hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma and the role in apoptosis

Figure 1 Quantification of autophagy related protein 9A protein levels from hepatitis B virus-infected hepatocellular carcinoma patients and nonhepatitis B virus hepatocellular carcinoma patients. A: Western blotting with specific antibodies was used to analyze autophagy related protein 9A (ATG9A) protein expression in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and nonHBV-HCC. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GADPH) was used as a protein loading control; B: Graphs showing the intensity band ratio (tumor tissue/adjacent nontumor tissue) quantified using the LI-COR^® image system for western blot analysis.