Table I. Eighteen corresponding cancer and normal tissues in HPA.
Differential expression in cancer was measured by comparing the expression in the cancers with the corresponding normal tissues in the HPA database. Some of the tissues may have been renamed in the current on-line HPA database.
Cancer type | Normal tissue counterpart |
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Breast cancer | Breast |
Cervical cancer | Cervix uterine |
Colorectal cancer | Colon and rectum |
Endometrial cancer | Endometrium |
Head and neck cancer | Oral mucosa and salivary gland |
Liver cancer | Liver |
Lung cancer | Lung and bronchus |
Stomach cancer | Stomach |
Malignant glioma | Hippocampus and cerebral cortex (non-neuronal cells) |
Malignant lymphoma | Lymph node and spleen |
Malignant melanoma | Skin |
Ovarian cancer | Ovary |
Pancreatic cancer | Pancreas |
Prostate cancer | Prostate |
Skin cancer | Skin |
Testis cancer | Testis |
Thyroid cancer | Thyroid gland |
Urothelial cancer | Urinary bladder |