A, tissue cross-sections from four patients with ectocervical
squamous carcinoma (panels a–d), endometrial adenocarcinoma
(panels e–h), bladder transitional cell carcinoma (panels
i–l), and breast ductal adenocarcinoma (panels m–p).
Tissues were co-immunostained with anti-P2X7 plus anti-E-cadherin
or with anti-P2X7 plus anti-CK-18 antibodies (10 times). Data are
representative of a total of 12 similar cases. B, semiquantitative
analysis of P2X7 immunostaining in four cases of ectocervical
cancers. C, qPCR data of P2X7 mRNA (normalized to
E-cadherin mRNA) in normal (n = 4) and cancer (n = 3)
ectocervical tissues. D, immunostaining with anti-P2X7
antibody of cultured hEVEC and HeLa cells (20 times). E,
semi-quantitative analysis of P2X7 immunostaining in hEVEC and HeLa
cells. F, qPCR data of P2X7 mRNA (normalized to E-cadherin
mRNA) in hEVEC and HeLa cells. Experiments D–F were
repeated five times. B, C, E, and F, *, =
p < 0.001 compared with normal tissues or hEVEC cells.