Table 3.

Expression of the mRNA of the isoforms in CAFs, divided into different tumor stages T1 to T4

Comparison between expression of Cav-1α in CAFs of different tumor stages
		T1 (n = 3)	T2 (n = 6)	T3 (n = 2)	T4 (n = 8)	p
Cav-1α	Median (Q1; Q3)	0.29 (0.19; 0.65)	0.62 (0.18; 1.37)	0.65 (0.46; 0.83)	1.37 (0.93; 2.00)	p = 0.007
Pairwise comparison of Cav-1α in different tumor stages
	T1 - T3	T1 - T2	T1 - T4	T3 - T2	T3 - T4	T2 - T4
Cav-1α	p = 0.604	p = 0.379	p = 0.008	p = 0.856	p = 0.092	p = 0.028
Comparison between expression of Cav-1β in CAFs of different tumor stages
		T1 (n = 3)	T2 (n = 6)	T3 (n = 2)	T4 (n = 8)	p
Cav-1β	Median (Q1; Q3)	3.84 (1.56; 5.75)	1.54 (0.79; 2.18)	3.99 (3.03; 4.94)	3.01 (2.11; 4.20)	p = 0.041
Pairwise comparison Cav-1β in different tumor stages
	T1 - T3	T1 - T2	T1 - T4	T3 - T2	T3 - T4	T2 - T4
Cav-1β	p = 1.00	p = 0.167	p = 0.776	p = 0.071	p = 0.533	p = 0.020
Comparison between expression of Cav-1α and Cav-1β in CAFs of tumor stages T4 (n = 8)
		Cav-1α	Cav-1β	p
	Median (Q1; Q3)	1.37 (0.93; 2.00)	3.01 (2.11; 4.20)	p = 0.016