Fig. 7From: Interplay of Helicobacter pylori, fibroblasts, and cancer cells induces fibroblast activation and serpin E1 expression by cancer cells to promote gastric tumorigenesisHigh Serpin E1 expression in gastric cancer tissues from the TCGA-STAD database and patients with gastric cancer. A Analysis of the TCGA-STAD dataset, including 408 tumors and 211 normal tissues, shows the upregulation of Serpin E1 mRNA expression in gastric cancer tissues. *P < 0.05. B Kaplan–Meier survival curve shows an inverse correlation of Serpin E1 mRNA level with the ten-year overall survival of patients with gastric cancer based on the TCGA-STAD dataset. C IHC staining for Serpin E1 and FAP in clinical gastric cancer samples (n = 12). Scale bar: 100 μm for the upper left images and 50 μm for the remaining images. D Quantification of IHC staining for Serpin E1 and FAP. IHC scores = intensity score × percentage score. Data are presented as means ± SD from 12 independent samples. *P < 0.05 and *** P < 0.001. E Spearman correlation analysis between Serpin E1 and FAP expression in 24 clinical gastric tissue samples. F A possible mechanism of H. pylori-NFs/CAFs-cancer cells crosstalk in gastric tumorigenesisBack to article page