Fig. 6.
Validation of MUC13 expression levels in PMP. A Protein expression levels of MUC13 in soft mucin (SM – green bars) and hard mucin (HM – blue bars) [low (LG-PMP; n = 4) and high-grade (HG-PMP; n = 4)] compared to control tissues (n = 4; no tumoral appendix) evaluated by Western Blot. The arbitrary densitometric unit (ADU) for each protein was normalised by the Total Protein Normalisation (TPN) value. B Cohort validation of MUC13 by ELISA quantification SM and HM samples [low (LG-PMP) and high-grade (HG-PMP)] compared to control tissues (n = 16) (number of PMP samples analysed is indicated in the bars of the graph). One-way ANOVA analysis was performed for multiple comparisons (LG and HG-PMP vs Control). * p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001