Table 1.
Correlation analysis among DNMT3a, DNMT3b, HIF-1α and HIF-2α protein expression in luminal and triple negative breast cancer samples
| protein | Total (n) | luminal | TNBC | χ test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive N (%) | Negative N (%) | n | Positive N (%) | Negative N (%) | n | |||
| DNMT3a | 68 | 26(72.2%) | 10(27.8%) | 36 | 15(46.9%) | 17(53.1%) | 32 | χ2 = 4.546 p = 0.033 |
| HIF-1a | 68 | 12(33.3%) | 24(66.7%) | 36 | 28(87.5%) | 4(12.5%) | 32 | χ2 = 20.521 p < 0.0001 |
| DNMT3b | 68 | 28(77.8%) | 8(22.2%) | 36 | 27(84.4%) | 5(15.6%) | 32 | χ2 = 0.477 p = 0.49 |
| HIF-2a | 68 | 20(55.6%) | 16(44.4%) | 36 | 26(81.2%) | 6(18.8%) | 32 | χ2 = 5.110 p = 0.024 |