Table 4.
Correlation between β-catenin and Nanog expression
| |
|
|
Nanog |
pa |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | + | ||||
| Membranous |
102 |
- |
63(61.8) |
39(38.2) |
0.036 |
|
207 |
+ |
152(73.4) |
55(26.6) |
|
|
| Cytoplasmic |
176 |
- |
128(72.7) |
48(27.3) |
0.166 |
|
133 |
+ |
87(65.4) |
46(34.6) |
|
|
| Nuclear |
170 |
- |
148(87.1) |
22(12.9) |
<0.001 |
| 139 | + | 67(48.2) | 72(51.8) | ||
a Chi-square test.
Nanog is significantly associated with membranous or nuclear β-catenin expression (p <0.05). No statistical correlation exists between cytoplasmic β-catenin and Nanog proteins(p=0.166).