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. 2024 Jun 26;12(7):1424. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12071424

Table 2.

Ang2, podoplanin, and CLEC-2 staining intensity (expressed as optical density (OD)) in HCC patients treated with TKIs stratified according to sex.

Protein Females (n = 5) Males (n = 18) p
Ang2
Endothelial 0.623 ± 0.09 0.514 ± 0.07 0.008
Hepatocyte (T) 0.527 ± 0.15 0.468 ± 0.10 0.316
Podoplanin
Endothelial 0.800 ± 0.07 0.680 ± 0.11 0.036
CLEC-2
Hepatocyte (T) 0.508 ± 0.06 0.597 ± 0.14 0.204

(Ang2, angiopoietin-2; T, tumor; CLEC-2, C-type lectin receptor).