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Table 2 Percentage of cells present within each tissue compartment.

From: The tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer: stromal TLR-4 expression as a potential prognostic marker

Condition

Healthy % (+ SEM)

Ulcerative colitis (UC) % (+ SEM)

Adenoma (AD) % (+ SEM)

Adenocarcinoma (AC) % (+ SEM)

Compartment

Endothelium

Epithelium

Stromal

Endothelium

Epithelium

Stromal

Endothelium

Epithelium

Stromal

Endothelium

Epithelium

Stromal

Marker

            

CD31

6.7 (± 0.5)

n.d.

n.d.

10.5(± 0.5)

n.d.

n.d.

11.2(± 0.9)

n.d.

n.d.

14.6(± 1)

n.d.

n.d.

HGF

n.d.

35.1(± 2.1)

n.d.

n.d.

15.5(± 1.3)

n.d.

n.d.

19.3(± 1.5)

n.d.

n.d.

17.3(± 1.5)

n.d.

CD68

n.d.

n.d.

8.7(± 1.0)

n.d.

n.d.

18(± 0.8)

n.d.

n.d.

23(± 2.3)

n.d.

n.d.

26.6 (± 1.8)

CD15

1.4(± 0.3)

1 (± 0.4)

2.5(± 0.6)

2.6(± 0.2)

4.7(± 0.7)

7.0(± 1.3)

3.3(± 0.4)

11.6(± 2.4)

16.(± 1.9)

3.6(± 0.6)

13.4(± 1.0)

22.8(± 2.5)

TLR-4

2.4(± 0.3)

3.6(± 0.9)

5.8(± 1.5)

4.0(± 0.4)

8.2(± 1.6)

16.1(± 1.5)

6.6(± 0.5)

16.8(± 2.5)

25.4(± 2.8)

8.0(± 0.8)

19.6(± 3.3)

28.2(± 2.7)

IL-6

2.9(± 0.2)

4.9(± 0.5)

7.06(± 0.2)

4.1 (± 0.3)

11.2(± 1.2)

17.2(± 1.4)

6(± 0.4)

21.5(± 2.0)

27.9(± 3.2)

6.8(± 0.8)

32.0(± 3.0)

34.6(± 2.7)

  1. Shown are the averaged percentages of cells (± Standard Error of the Mean-SEM) positive for staining within each tissue compartment. UC = ulcerative colitis; AD = adenomas; AC = adenocarcinomas; n.d. = not detected.