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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Pathol. 2013 Dec 18;45(4):834–843. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.12.002

Table 2.

Expression of AKR1B10 Protein in Liver Lesions.

Percentage of cell
staining		 Hepatocellular
carcinoma		 Hepatic adenoma Focal nodular
hyperplasia
3+ (>50%) 69/89(77.5%) 0/24 0/9
2+ (11-50% 6/89 (6.7% 0/24 0/9
1+ (5-10%) 11/89 (12.4%) 1/24 (4.5%) 0/9
0 (0-5%) 3/89 (3.4%) 23/24 (95.5%) 9/9 (100%)
Intensity (mean) 2.58 0.05 0

The vast majority of hepatocellular carcinomas exhibited a high level of protein expression, while negligible expression was seen in benign lesions such as hepatic adenomas and focal nodular hyperplasia.