Table 1.
Differential expression of candidate reference genes in HNSCC tissue and matched normal mucosa (46 patients)
| Normal tissue | HNSCC tissue | ||||||
| Gene | Median | Min | Max | Median | Min | Max | P value |
| ACT | 2.302 | 0.029 | 8.642 | 1.466 | 0.151 | 27.537 | <0.001 |
| ALAS | 2.407 | 0.065 | 8.106 | 2.426 | 0.083 | 14.561 | 0.623 |
| B2M | 1.384 | 0.062 | 7.521 | 2.148 | 0.112 | 11.168 | 0.038 |
| GADPH | 2.087 | 0.368 | 5.070 | 2.948 | 0.145 | 17.192 | <0.001 |
| HMBS | 1.944 | 0.045 | 5.278 | 1.989 | 0.238 | 10.071 | 0.043 |
| HPRT | 1.365 | 0.037 | 3.708 | 2.316 | 0.102 | 18.128 | <0.001 |
| KALPHA | 1.590 | 0.020 | 5.908 | 3.174 | 0.095 | 17.656 | <0.001 |
| RPS18 | 2.207 | 0.258 | 12.132 | 2.690 | 0.093 | 21.544 | 0.039 |
| RPL27 | 2.112 | 0.022 | 8.797 | 2.027 | 0.228 | 23.993 | 0.140 |
| RPS29 | 2.875 | 0.090 | 22.910 | 2.362 | 0.020 | 18.233 | 0.015 |
| SHAD | 1.612 | 0.064 | 4.218 | 1.723 | 0.074 | 13.097 | 0.939 |
| TBP | 1.466 | 0.151 | 27.537 | 1.645 | 0.224 | 7.052 | 0.010 |
Median, minimum and maximum relative gene expression ratios of 12 reference genes in HNSCC tissue versus normal tissue are presented with corresponding p-values (Wilcoxon test for paired data). Rescaled values provided by qBase software are presented.