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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2016 Mar 15;29(3):297–308. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12455

Table 1.

Frequency of mPGES1 expression levels by disease stage

Diagnosis stage mPGES1 percentage
0 (n=44)
n (%)
1 (n=20)
n (%)
2 (n=68)
n (%)
3 (n=32)
n (%)

Nevus
 Thin (n=17) 8 (47) 2 (12) 7 (41) 0
 Thick (n=20) 10 (50) 6 (30) 3 (15) 1 (5)
 Both (n=37) 18 (49) 8 (22) 10 (27) 1 (3)

Primary
 Thin (n=31) 12 (39) 4 (13) 14 (45) 1 (3)
 Thick (n=20) 3 (15) 2 (10) 10 (50) 5 (25)
 Both (n=51) 15 (29) 6 (12) 24 (47) 6 (12)

Metastasis
 LN (n=30) 4 (13) 1 (3) 10 (33) 15 (50)
 Viscera (n=46) 7 (15) 5 (11) 24 (52) 10 (22)
 Both (n=76) 11 (14) 6 (8) 34 (45) 25 (33)

Disease stage mPGES1 intensity
0 (n=33)
n (%)
1 (n=70) n
(%)
2 (n=43)
n (%)
3 (n=18)
n (%)

Nevus
 Thin (n=17) 8 (47) 3 (18) 6 (35) 0
 Thick (n=20) 10 (50) 6 (30) 4 (20) 0
 Both (n=37) 18 (49) 9 (24) 10 (27) 0

Primary
 Thin (n=31) 6 (19) 11 (35) 12 (39) 2 (6)
 Thick (n=20) 2 (10) 9 (45) 7 (35) 2 (10)
 Both (n=51) 8 (16) 20 (39) 19 (37) 4 (8)

Metastasis
 LN (n=30) 2 (7) 19 (63) 6 (20) 3 (10)
 Viscera (n=46) 5 (11) 22 (48) 8 (17) 11 (24)
 Both (n=76) 7 (9) 41 (54) 14 (18) 14 (18)

Abbreviations: LN, lymph node.