Table 1.
Analysis of IL-6, GM-CSF, and CD33+S100a9+ staining of a human BTC tissue microarray revealed significant correlations of these soluble and cellular biomarkers with each other on both a subtype-specific and nonspecific level.
| Correlation | Group | R-value (p value) |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of MDSC and IL-6 area | All | 0.18033 (0.0143) |
| ICC | 0.19178 (0.0329) | |
| ECC | 0.37197 (0.0072) | |
| Percentage of MDSC and GM-CSF area | All | 0.28922 (<0.0001) |
| ICC | 0.24695 (0.0057) | |
| ECC | 0.44586 (0.0010) | |
| IL-6 area and GM-CSF area | All | 0.76172 (<0.0001) |
| ICC | 0.71174 (<0.0001) | |
| ECC | 0.87537 (<0.0001) |