Table III.

The average increases in each protein seen when specific protein levels in OCSS were compared to benign oral mucosae. Numbers were rounded off to two decimal places. For all OSCC/benign tissue pairs where the p-value was significant, the protein examined by western blotting was increased in every OSCC/benign tissue pair.

Protein	Average induction in OSCC/Benign oral mucosae	Number of cases examined	p-Value for 15 pairs analyzed
CBS	2.76	15	Significant
CSE	2.96	15	Significant
3-MST	2.73	15	Significant
Nampt	2.25	15	Significant
p-Stat3	2.39	11	Significant
mitoNEET	6.76	14	Significant
hTERT	2.92	11	Significant
MAPK	1.81	12	Significant
SQOR	1.04	10	Not Significant
ATM	1.17	11	Not Significant