Fig. 2. APOL1 is significantly upregulated in PC and is related to later pathological stage and poor prognosis.
A APOL1 mRNA expression in different cancers. B APOL1 expression in 77 pairs of tumor tissues and adjacent normal tissues. C Prognostic analysis of APOL1 using survival data of 51 patients from our center. D APOL1 expression in patients divided by cancer stages using expression data from our center (n = 77). E APOL1 expression in patients divided by cancer stages using expression data from TCGA (n = 179). F IHC staining scores of APOL1 expression in 25 paired PC samples. Representative images of different APOL1 expression levels are shown in the left panel. Magnification: ×200. G GSEA results were plotted to visualize the correlation between the expression of APOL1 and dysregulated genes in PC. H APOL1 and NOTCH1-IC expression in PC cell lines (Aspc-1, Bxpc-3, CFPAC-1, MIA PaCa-2, PANC-1, and PATU-8988) compared with that in the normal pancreatic ductal epithelial cell line HPNE detected by qRT-PCR and western blotting. *P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001.