Table 1. Levels of DCD expression in primary tissue and cell lines for each organ site.

				Dermcidin expression level
	Number of samples				Number of samples
Organ	Benign	Cancer	Cell line	Sample type: benign, cancer or cell line	Very high (%)	High (%)	Moderate (%)	Low/absent (%)	Not detected/below the limits of detection (%)
Oesophagus	5a	28	0	Benign:	0	0	0	0	5 (100)
				Cancer:	0	0	0	4 (14.3)	24 (85.7)
Stomach	5a	20	0	Benign:	0	0	0	0	5 (100)
				Cancer:	0	0	2 (10)	3 (15)	15 (75)
Pancreas	2b	5	2	Benign:	0	0	0	0	2 (100)
				Cancer:	0	2 (40)	1 (20)	0	2 (40)
				Cell Line:	0	0	1 (50)	1 (50)	0
Bile duct	0	1	0	Cancer:	0	1 (100)	0	0	0
Prostate	16c	52	4	Benign:	0	0	0	0	16 (100)
				Cancer:	0	0	0	0	52 (100)
				Cell Line:	0	0	0	3 (75)	1 (25)
Others	2d	1e	0	Benign:	0	0	0	0	2 (100)
				Cancer:	0	0	0	1 (100)	0

^aBenign samples taken during normal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy examinations.

^bChronic pancreatitis samples.

^cBenign prostatic hypertrophy samples.

^dPancreatic liposarcoma and adenoma.

^ePancreatic cystadenoma.