Table 1. Immunofluorescence quantification by confocal analysis.

	CD4 IFIS (mean ± SEM)	CD8 IFIS (mean ± SEM)	CD56 IFIS (mean ± SEM)	ThPOK IFIS (mean ± SEM)
NM	26.61±3.26	17.22±2.64	63.94±11.98	24.9±3.0
MA	27.21±2.31	30.74±3.56*	24.32±5.18*	44.69±5.64*
CRC	13.35±2.59*	46.25±6.42*	8.06±3.31*	45.41±5.02*

Fluorescence quantification (ImmunoFluorescence Intensity Score, IFIS, see Materials and Methods) of CD4, CD8, CD56 and ThPOK in normal colorectal mucosa (NM), microadenoma (MA) and colorectal carcinoma (CRC). * p<0.05 vs normal colorectal mucosa.