Table 5. Expression of glutamine metabolism-related proteins according to the histologic subtype of follicular carcinoma (FC).
| Parameters | Total N=112 (%) |
FC, minimally invasive type n=99 (%) |
FC, widely invasive type n=13 (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLS1 (T) | 0.493 | |||
| Negative | 70 (62.5) | 63 (63.6) | 7 (53.8) | |
| Positive | 42 (37.5) | 36 (36.4) | 6 (46.2) | |
| GDH (T) | 0.394 | |||
| Negative | 48 (42.9) | 41 (41.4) | 7 (53.8) | |
| Positive | 64 (57.1) | 58 (58.6) | 6 (46.2) | |
| ASCT2 (T) | 0.257 | |||
| Negative | 103 (92.0) | 90 (90.9) | 13 (100.0) | |
| Positive | 9 (8.0) | 9 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) |
FC: follicular carcinoma, GLS1; glutaminase 1, GDH; glutamate dehydrogenase, ASCT2; amino acid transporter-2