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. 2012 Sep 17;7(9):e45305. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045305

Table 4. Proportion of lung tissue samples with positive staining of candidate proteins in lung cancer tissue and in cancer-free samples from uranium miners.

Adenocarcinoma (N = 35) Squamous cell carcinoma (N = 33) Small cell lung cancer (N = 39) Cancer-free (N = 39)
Membrane Cytoplasm Nucleus Membrane Cytoplasm Nucleus Membrane Cytoplasm Nucleus Membrane Cytoplasm Nucleus
CCND1 0 33 (94%) 28 (80%) 4 (12%) 33 (100%) 27 (82%) 0 31 (79%) 1 (3%) 0 2 (5%) 0
CD44 15 (43%) 17 (49%) 0 29 (88%) 28 (85%) 0 2 (5%) 4 (10%) 0 0 0 0
CDH1 32 (91%) 28 (80%) 0 33 (100%) 33 (100%) 0 15 (38%) 21 (54%) 0 0 0 0
CTNNB1 31 (89%) 29 (83%) 1 (3%) 32 (97%) 30 (91%) 0 6 (15%) 19 (49%) 0 0 18 (46%) 0
EGFR 27 (77%) 31 (89%) 0 33 (100%) 33 (100%) 0 7 (18%) 14 (36%) 0 0 0 0
ERBB2 1 (3%) 23 (66%) 0 0 25 (76%) 0 0 10 (26%) 0 0 0 0
HIF1A 0 35 (100%) 0 0 33 (100%) 0 0 22 (56%) 0 0 35 (90%) 3 (8%)
KIT 3 (9%) 24 (69%) 0 0 23 (70%) 0 0 21 (54%) 0 0 0 0
KRT5 5 (14%) 9 (26%) 0 32 (97%) 33 (100%) 0 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 0 0 0 0
KRT14 1 (3%) 8 (23%) 0 22 (67%) 23 (70%) 0 1 (3%) 3 (8%) 0 0 0 0
MMP2 0 27 (77%) 0 0 24 (73%) 0 0 2 (5%) 0 0 16 (41%) 0
MUC1 29 (83%) 34 (97%) 0 32 (97%) 33 (100%) 0 4 (10%) 37 (95%) 0 39 (100%) 39 (100%) 0
NKX2-1 0 0 35 (100%) 0 0 0 0 0 29 (74%) 0 0 39 (100%)
NOTCH1 0 29 (83%) 1 (3%) 0 31 (94%) 3 (9%) 0 10 (26%) 0 0 4 (10%) 0
PAK1 0 7 (20%) 23 (66%) 0 2 (6%) 22 (67%) 0 1 (3%) 17 (44%) 0 0 0
PTGS2 1 (3%) 31 (89%) 0 0 30 (91%) 1 (3%) 0 10 (26%) 0 0 0 0
SFTPC 0 33 (94%) 1 (3%) 0 33 (100%) 0 0 7 (18%) 0 0 38 (97%) 0
SNAI1 0 8 (23%) 35 (100%) 0 9 (27%) 30 (91%) 0 3 (8%) 28 (72%) 0 0 2 (5%)
STAT3 0 29 (83%) 6 (17%) 0 32 (97%) 14 (42%) 0 25 (64%) 3 (8%) 0 39 (100%) 10 (26%)
TP53 0 9 (26%) 34 (97%) 0 6 (18%) 32 (97%) 0 5 (13%) 34 (87%) 0 0 27 (69%)
VEGFA 0 34 (97%) 2 (6%) 0 33 (100%) 3 (9%) 0 29 (74%) 2 (5%) 2 (5%) 6 (15%) 0
VIM 6 (17%) 12 (34%) 0 8 (24%) 11 (33%) 0 0 5 (13%) 0 0 3 (8%) 0