Table 4.
Expression of VLDLR II in different histological types of lung cancer
| IHC (Histoscore of VLDLR II) |
Western blot (Ratio of VLDLR II/β-actin) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | mean | SD. | P | N | Mean | SD. | P | |
| ADCA | 10 | 18 | ||||||
| Normal tissue | 10 | 0.71 | 0.12 | 0.034* | 18 | 0.60 | 0.18 | 0.048* |
| Cancer tissue | 10 | 1.29 | 0.71 | 18 | 0.70 | 0.25 | ||
| SQCA | 13 | 24 | ||||||
| Normal tissue | 13 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.651 | 24 | 0.54 | 0.16 | 0.602 |
| Cancer tissue | 13 | 0.75 | 0.58 | 24 | 0.56 | 0.18 | ||
| SCLC | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Normal tissue | 1 | 0.4 | -- | -- | 6 | 0.56 | 0.20 | 0.554 |
| Cancer tissue | 1 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.59 | 0.30 | |||
| A-SCA | 3 | |||||||
| Normal tissue | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.118 |
| Cancer tissue | -- | -- | 3 | 0.58 | 0.07 | |||
ADCA indicates adenocarcinoma; SQCA, squamous cell carcinoma; SCLC, small cell carcinoma; A-SCA, adeno-squamous carcinoma. Statistical analyses were performed by Paired Students' t test (2-tailed).
* P < 0.05 is considered significant.