Laboratory Investigation

Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Transforming growth factor-α activates pancreatic stellate cells and may be involved in matrix metalloproteinase-1 upregulation

Normal pancreas
Case	Age (years)	Sex	Baseline disease	Histology	Stage
1	71	Male	Lower bile duct cancer	tub2	II B
2	73	Male	Lower bile duct cancer	tub3	II B
3	58	Female	Pancreatic cancer	tub2	II B
4	77	Female	Serous cystadenoma
5	56	Female	Metastasis from renal cell carcinoma

Chronic pancreatitis
Case	Age (years)	Sex	Etiology
1	43	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
2	66	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
3	58	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
4	48	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
5	68	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
6	54	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
7	60	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
8	55	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
9	60	Male	Alcoholic pancreatitis
10	85	Male	Idiopathic pancreatitis
11	86	Male	Idiopathic pancreatitis
12	57	Female	Idiopathic pancreatitis

Pancreatic cancer
Case	Age (years)	Sex	Location of cancer	Histology	Stage
1	69	Male	Pancreatic head	tub1	II B
2	58	Female	Pancreatic head	tub2	II B
3	62	Male	Pancreatic head	tub1	II A
4	79	Female	Pancreatic body	tub2	II B
5	79	Male	Pancreatic tail	tub2	II A
6	78	Male	Pancreatic head	tub2	II B
7	78	Female	Pancreatic head	tub2	II B
8	62	Female	Pancreatic head	tub2	II B
9	71	Male	Pancreatic body	tub1	II B
10	69	Male	Pancreatic body	tub1	II A

Abbreviations: tub1, well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; tub2, moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; tub3, poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma.

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