Table 1.

Human ZIP4 mRNA levels in 17 pairs of human adenocarcinoma tissues

Patient no.	mRNA* (normal tissues)	mRNA* (tumor tissues)	Fold increase (tumor/normal)
1	2.5E-05	1.4E-03	53.6
2	2.2E-04	8.2E-03	38.2
3	7.8E-05	1.6E-03	20.4
4	5.5E-05	7.4E-04	13.5
5	2.1E-04	1.6E-03	7.5
6	1.0E-04	6.6E-04	6.5
7	2.4E-04	1.1E-03	4.5
8	1.1E-04	4.4E-04	3.9
9	1.9E-04	5.8E-04	3.1
10	7.5E-04	2.2E-03	2.9
11	4.9E-04	1.4E-03	2.9
12	2.1E-04	5.4E-04	2.6
13	3.5E-04	7.5E-04	2.1
14	3.6E-04	6.4E-04	1.8
15	3.8E-04	6.2E-04	1.6
16	8.2E-05	1.2E-04	1.5
17	2.7E-04	2.2E-04	0.8

*Relative ZIP4 mRNA levels was normalized to that of β-actin and presented as 2̂(Ct[β-actin] − Ct[ZIP4]).