Fig. (2) CPT1B (A) and KIT (B) mRNA expression in SAHA and DAC treated KG-1 cells. KG-1 cells were treated for 72 hours with the 0.5 µM SAHA and 5 µM DAC. Thereafter, mRNA was isolated, reverse transcribed, and subjected to qRT-PCR. SAHA downregulated CPT1B as well as KIT mRNA expression. While DAC weakly downregulated CPT1B while it stimulated KIT mRNA expression significantly. The specific gene expression was normalized to 18S RNA expression. The bars represent mean ± SD. *P < 0.05; ***P≤0.001; n = 3.