Table 5.

Comparison between western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry for E-cadherin and β catenin in Wilms’s tumours

	Western blot analysis		Immunohistochemistry
Wilms’s tumours	E-cadherin expression	β Catenin expression	E-cadherin expression	β Catenin expression
	120 kDa	92 kDa
Wit 146	–	++	–	++/+++
Wit 156	–	++	++	+++
Wit 141	++	++	+	++
Wit 154	–	+	–	+
Wit 158	++	++++	–	++++
Wit 157	+++	++++	+/+++	+++

Semiquantitative scale (relative to normal human kidney): –, negligible; +, weak; ++, moderate; +++, strong; ++++, very strong.