The association between labeling intensity for PEA3 in carcinoma cells and labeling intensity for bFGF (61 specimens) and β1 integrin subunit (50 specimens) mRNA in stromal cells
PEA3 (tumor cells) | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absent | Weak | Intense | |||||
bFGF (stromal cells) | |||||||
Absent | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | P = 0.036 | ||
Weak | 4 | 17 | 0 | 21 | |||
Intense | 1 | 24 | 5 | 30 | |||
Total | 5 | 51 | 5 | 61 | |||
β1 integrin (stromal cells) | |||||||
Absent | 2 | 31 | 1 | 34 | P = 0.012 | ||
Weak | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||
Intense | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Total | 3 | 42 | 5 | 50 |