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 |