Figure 4
Expression levels of collagen and Kindlin-2 in malignant breast nodules with or without lymph nodes metastasis. (a) Emax of malignant breast nodules with lymph node metastasis were higher than that of nodules without lymph node metastasis, but it had no statistical significance (p = 0.110). (b) There was no difference in collagen intensity between the metastasis group and the non-metastasis group (79.54 ± 10.22 vs. 81.35 ± 5.10, p = 0.529). (c) Kindlin-2 expression of malignant breast nodules with lymph node metastasis was significantly higher than that of nodules without lymph node metastasis. Values are means ± SD. Comparisons between two groups were made using Student’s t-test. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Emax, maximum elasticity; SD, Standard deviation.
