Table 1.
Relative quantity of hepatic annexin A2 mRNA and annexin A2 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma-, adjacent-, and distant-cancerous tissues (n = 30) (mean ± SD)
| Group | CtANXA2 | Ctβ-actin | ∆Ct | 2-∆∆Ct |
Annexin A2 intensity |
Z | |||
| - | + | ++ | +++ | ||||||
| HCC tissues | 21.63 ± 0.09 | 21.19 ± 0.07 | 0.44 ± 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 22 | |
| Adjacent cancerous tissues | 24.29 ± 0.09 | 22.60 ± 0.08 | 1.70 ± 0.12 | 0.43 ± 0.10b | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6.113b |
| Distant cancerous tissues | 24.71 ± 0.06 | 22.13 ± 0.06 | 2.57 ± 0.07 | 0.23 ± 0.07b | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.328b |
b
P < 0.01 vs the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue group. -: Negative staining; +: Weak staining; ++: Moderate staining; +++: Diffuse positive staining.