Table 4 AEG-1 mRNA and protein expression in the cytoplasm and nucleus correlated to clinicopathological variables
From: Expression of AEG-1 mRNA and protein in colorectal cancer patients and colon cancer cell lines
Characteristics | AEG-1 mRNA expression | AEG-1 protein expression in the cytoplasm | AEG-1 protein expression in the nucleus | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | low (%) | high (%) | P | low (%) | high (%) | P | low (%) | high (%) | P |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 54 (52) | 49 (48) | 0.20 | 63 (72) | 25 (28) | 0.24 | 45 (51) | 43 (49) | 0.16 |
Female | 22 (42) | 31 (58) | Â | 44 (63) | 26 (37) | Â | 28 (40) | 42 (60) | Â |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<70 | 22 (46) | 26 (54) | 0.63 | 40 (68) | 19 (32) | 0.99 | 27 (46) | 32 (54) | 0.93 |
≥70 | 52 (50) | 52 (50) |  | 67 (68) | 32 (32) |  | 46 (46) | 53 (54) |  |
Location | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Colon | 54 (55) | 44 (45) | 0.047 | 52 (68) | 25 (32) | 0.96 | 35 (45) | 42 (55) | 0.85 |
Rectum | 22 (39) | 35 (61) | Â | 55 (68) | 26 (32) | Â | 38 (47) | 43 (53) | Â |
Stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
I | 7 (35) | 13 (65) | 0.28 | 16 (64) | 9 (36) | 0.025 | 10 (40) | 15 (60) | 0.021 |
II | 36 (49) | 37 (51) | Â | 40 (66) | 21 (34) | Â | 28 (46) | 33 (54) | Â |
III | 22 (65) | 12 (35) | Â | 34 (85) | 6 (15) | Â | 26 (65) | 14 (35) | Â |
IV | 7 (39) | 11 (61) | Â | 16 (52) | 15 (48) | Â | 9 (29) | 22 (71) | Â |
Differentiation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Well/moderately | 53 (48) | 57 (52) | 0.64 | 68 (64) | 39 (36) | 0.12 | 46 (43) | 61 (57) | 0.29 |
Poorly | 21 (53) | 19 (48) | Â | 38 (76) | 12 (24) | Â | 26 (52) | 24 (48) | Â |