TABLE 4 Comparison of mRNA Expression Levels Determined by Quantitative RT-PCR Assay and Protein Expression by Immunohistochemical Analysis in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sections of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Markera | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EGFR | MMP-1 | p21 | VEGF | |||||
Specimen No. | mRNA | Protein | mRNA | Protein | mRNA | Protein | mRNA | Protein |
1 | 3.24 | 3 | 12.52 | 2 | 0.37 | 3 | 3.85 | 3 |
2 | 9.00 | 3 | 4.37 | 0 | 0.06 | 3 | 8.82 | 3 |
3 | 1.29 | 2 | 15.49 | 1 | 0.41 | 3 | 4.76 | 3 |
4 | 1.92 | 1 | 5.40 | 1 | 1.31 | 2 | 1.69 | 1 |
5 | 4.56 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.58 | 3 | 7.36 | 3 |
6 | 1.09 | 3 | 9.87 | 3 | 0.12 | 3 | 1.40 | 1 |
7 | 2.63 | 3 | 9.29 | 3 | 0.38 | 1 | 4.59 | 3 |
8 | 1.80 | 1 | 58.89 | 3 | 6.84 | 3 | 4.92 | 3 |
9 | 3.16 | 3 | 87.22 | 3 | 0.60 | 3 | 17.75 | 3 |
10 | 2.39 | 1 | 39.85 | 3 | 0.72 | 3 | 6.29 | 3 |
11 | 2.38 | 2 | 10.36 | 3 | 0.90 | 3 | 6.50 | 3 |
12 | 0.81 | 0 | 7.97 | 3 | 0.31 | 3 | 1.23 | 1 |
13 | 4.18 | 3 | 11.60 | 1 | 0.38 | 3 | 10.08 | 3 |
14 | 4.03 | 3 | 9.25 | 1 | 0.12 | 2 | 13.83 | 3 |
15 | 2.34 | 2 | 4.73 | 3 | 0.64 | 3 | 0.93 | 1 |