Table 1. Summary of the localization of Kit and PDGFRα in cancer tissue from GIST patients.

Mutation		n	Localization
			Kit	PDGFRα
Kit	Ex9	4	Golgi	–
Kit	Ex11	7	Golgi	–
Kit	Ex17	2	Golgi	–
–	–	7	PM	–
PDGFRα	Ex18	3	ND	Golgi
Kit	Ex11+Ex13	1	Golgi	–
Kit	Ex11+Ex17	3	Golgi	–
Kit	Ex9+Ex17	1	ND	–

Abbreviations: Ex, exon; ND, Kit expression was not detected by our immunofluorescence microscopy; PM, plasma membrane.