Figure 1.
ASC expression according to Oncomine and clinical PDAC tissues. (a) Relative expression of ASC in normal/benign pancreas tissue (N) versus PDAC (T) according to six independent profiling datasets (surveyed using Oncomine). (b) Evaluation of ASC expression in human PDAC tissue according to IHC analysis. Data were generated from three representative PDAC tissues expressing various ASC levels and determined using the anti-ASC antibody. Scale bar: 200 μm. (c) IHC intensity score among 20 evaluated patients. (d) Immune-reaction intensity according to the OD and determined using ImageJ (n = 20). Error bars indicate the standard error of the mean based on eight independent experiments. (e–g) Expression of ASC protein in pancreatic tissue distant form the tumor (e), tissue surrounding the PDAC tissue (f), and PDAC tissue (g) according to IHC analysis. Scale bar: 100 μm.