Table 4.
IHC staining summary of candidate proteins.
| Protein | Cells | Localization | Endometriosis (n = 8) | Endometrium (n = 5) | P value |
| AXL | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 1.4 ± 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.00061 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.5 ± 0.53 | 1.2 ± 1.1 | 0.027 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 1.3 ± 0.71 | 0.0 | 0.00087 | |
| Cytoplasm | 1.5 ± 0.53 | 0.0 | 0.000048 | ||
| SHC1 | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 1.3 ± 0.46 | 0.80 ± 0.84 | 0.16 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.0 ± 0.53 | 1.2 ± 0.55 | 0.043 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 1.4 ± 0.74 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.0023 | |
| Cytoplasm | 1.5 ± 0.76 | 0.40 ± 0.55 | 0.0059 | ||
| ACTN4 | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 1.3 ± 0.71 | 0.60 ± 0.89 | 0.11 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.9 ± 0.35 | 1.6 ± 0.55 | 0.0017 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 1.1 ± 0.99 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.022 | |
| Cytoplasm | 2.1 ± 0.99 | 0.40 ± 0.55 | 0.0022 | ||
| PIK3CA | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 1.9 ± 0.64 | 0.40 ± 0.55 | 0.00069 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.5 ± 0.53 | 1.4 ± 0.55 | 0.0034 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 1.6 ± 0.52 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.00021 | |
| Cytoplasm | 1.5 ± 0.53 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.00042 | ||
| p-AKT | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 1.4 ± 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.00061 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.1 ± 0.45 | 0.80 ± 0.45 | 0.00058 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 1.4 ± 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.00061 | |
| Cytoplasm | 1.6 ± 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.00023 | ||
| p-mTOR | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 1.8 ± 0.46 | 0.60 ± 0.55 | 0.0026 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.5 ± 0.53 | 1.6 ± 0.55 | 0.0092 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 1.4 ± 0.52 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.00081 | |
| Cytoplasm | 1.3 ± 0.71 | 0.0 | 0.00078 | ||
| p-Erk | Epithelial cells | Nucleus | 0.63 ± 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.025 |
| Cytoplasm | 2.5 ± 0.76 | 1.6 ± 0.55 | 0.016 | ||
| Stromal cells | Nucleus | 0.50 ± 0.53 | 0.0 | 0.017 | |
| Cytoplasm | 1.0 ± 0.53 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.0079 | ||