Table 3.

Correlation between mRNA expression levels of various NFkB pathway molecules with mRNA expression markers of different types of infiltrating immune cells. r = two-tailed Spearman correlation coefficient. p ≤ 0.05 is considered significant. Bonferroni correction was applied.

Markers	CD3E		CD3D1		CD4		CD8A		CD68		CD163
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
NFkB1	0.398	0.01	0.298	0.17	0.227	0.71	0.365	0.03	0.172	1	0.009	1
NFkB2, pr1	0.378	0.02	0.213	0.91	0.195	1	0.258	0.39	0.375	0.02	−0.086	1
NFkB2, pr2	0.361	0.03	0.242	0.54	0.278	0.26	0.267	0.33	0.411	0.01	0.040	1
RELA	0.110	1	−0.095	1	−0.119	1	−0.125	1	−0.062	1	−0.065	1
RELB	0.363	0.03	0.365	0.03	0.308	0.13	0.327	0.08	0.149	1	0.317	0.11
SPP1, pr1	−0.295	0.18	−0.247	0.49	−0.337	0.06	−0.280	0.25	−0.442	0.001	−0.265	0.35
SPP1, pr2	−0.297	0.17	−0.251	0.46	−0.330	0.08	−0.281	0.25	−0.447	0.001	−0.243	0.53
PPARγ, pr1	−0.174	1	−0.327	0.08	−0.475	0.001	−0.256	0.41	−0.221	0.79	−0.399	0.01
PPARγ, pr2	−0.195	1	−0.311	0.12	−0.460	0.001	−0.276	0.27	−0.209	0.97	−0.353	0.04
IkBkG	0.184	1	0.196	1	0.233	0.64	0.188	1	−0.009	1	0.354	0.04