Real-time PCR analysis showing that knockdown of YAP with YAP siRNA (siYAP) significantly suppressed TGF-α-induced (FBS 10%, TGF-α: 10 ng/ml for 48 h) AREG expression in ME180 cells. siCTRL, a non-targeting siRNA, was used as a negative control. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM (n = 5). Bars with different letters are significantly different from each other (siCTRL vs. siCTRL+TGF-α, P < 0.0001; siYAP+CTRL vs. siYAP+TGF-α, P < 0.0001; siCTRL+TGF-α vs. siYAP+TGF-α, P = 0.0067). 