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. 2021 Jun 29;5:61. doi: 10.1038/s41698-021-00192-1

Fig. 5. Retinoic acid treatment decreases the expression of the PTX3 protein in mice and humans.

Fig. 5

a Representative immunohistochemistry images of PTX3 expression in pancreatic cancer tissue after ATRA or vehicle treatment in KPC mouse model. Scale bar = 50 μm. b Serum vitamin A levels in patients with PDAC (n = 10) in comparison with healthy controls (n = 16), Mann–Whitney U test, **P < 0.01, summary data expressed as median and interquartile range. c Correlation plot between serum vitamin A and PTX3 levels in patients with PDAC and healthy subjects. Pearson r = −0.44, (95% CI: −0.71 to −0.07), p = 0.024). d Serum PTX3 levels in a cohort of patients with PDAC from SCALOP clinical trial. e Serum PTX3 levels in patients on STARPAC clinical trial as measure before (pre) and 5 h after (post) giving the first ATRA dose (Cycle 1, Day 1). Comparison are made between those patients who progressed (P) and not progressed (NP = stable disease and partial response), Mann–Whitney U-test. *P < 0.05, n.s = not significant, summary data expressed as median and interquartile range.