Figure 3. Expression characteristics of bladder cancer.
Integrated analysis of mRNA, miRNA and protein data led to identification of distinct subsets of urothelial carcinoma. Data for mRNA, miRNA and protein were z-normalized, and samples were organized in the horizontal direction by mRNA clustering. a, Papillary histology, FGFR3 alterations, FGFR3 expression and reduced FGFR3-related miRNA expression are enriched in cluster I. b, Expression of epithelial lineage genes and stem/progenitor cytokeratins are generally high in cluster III, some of which show variant squamous histology. c, Luminal breast and urothelial differentiation factors are enriched in clusters I and II. d, ERBB2 mutation and oestrogen receptor beta (ESR2) expression are enriched in clusters I and II.