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. 2014 Jul 9;2(6):973–981. doi: 10.3892/mco.2014.357

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Correlations of membrane type-2 matrix metalloproteinase (MT2-MMP), hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) expression and CD34-microvascular density (MVD) in pancreatic cancer. (A) Scatter plot of HIF-1α protein expression (grades 1–4) in pancreatic cancer with protein levels of MT2-MMP (grades 1–4) (r=0.516, P<0.001). (B) Correlation between the expression of HIF-1α and MT2-MMP mRNA in pancreatic cancer (r=0.656, P<0.001). (C) Correlation between CD34-MVD and MT2-MMP protein expression (grades 1–4) in pancreatic cancer (r=0.686, P<0.001). (D) Correlation between CD34-MVD and HIF-1α protein expression (grades 1–4) in pancreatic cancer (r=0.867, P<0.001).