COL8A1 and non-small cell lung carcinoma: To determine the role of COL8A1 in NSCLC, the cell lines, A549 and H1975, were transfected with lentivirus encoding COL8A1 shRNA (shCOL8A1-1 and shCOL8A1-2) and empty lentiviral vectors (shCtrl) to establish stable COL8A1-silenced cell lines.