Fig.3.

TAZ gene expression and Immunohistochemistry staining in bladder cancer (25 low-grade and 15 high-grade) and normal bladder tissues (n=20). IA. TAZ gene expression was considerably higher in bladder cancer as compared to the normal bladder tissues. IB. High-grade bladder cancer showed a markedly higher TAZ gene expression than that low-grade bladder cancer tissues. TAZ mRNA expression showed a positive correlation between and IC. COL1A1 and ID. COL1A2 mRNA levels. II. Representative images from IHC staining of YAP (x720); the nuclear TAZ expression (blue arrow), cytoplasmic TAZ expression (red arrow) and non-nuclear TAZ expression (black arrow). *; P<0.05 in all comparisons.