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. 2013 Nov 27;35(6):825–832. doi: 10.1155/2013/970736

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Enzymatic activities: activity in thyroid nodular hyperplasia (TNH), follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA), and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) tissues. Values are means ± SE of peptidase activity recorded as pmol of units of peptidase (UP) per milligram of protein. (a) DPPIV/CD26: a value of P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. *Kruskal-Wallis test, P ≤ 0.001. **The activity was higher in PTC than in FTA (Mann-Whitney test, P ≤ 0.01) and TNH (Mann-Whitney test, P ≤ 0.01). (b) AlaAP: a value of P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. *Kruskal-Wallis test, P ≤ 0.001. **The activity was higher in PTC than in FTA (Mann-Whitney test, P ≤ 0.001) and TNH (Mann-Whitney test, P ≤ 0.01). (c) AspAP: a value of P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. *Kruskal-Wallis test, P ≤ 0.01. **The activity was higher in PTC than in FTA (Mann-Whitney test, P ≤ 0.05) and TNH (Mann-Whitney test, P ≤ 0.05).