Fig. 1: Aggressive GBM expresses higher level of STC2.

a, b Representative tissue microarray data of STC2 in clinical specimens (a, GL2082; b, GL208, Biomax). The scale bar represents 100 µm. STC2 staining score from 0-4 were analyzed in different tissues. N, normal tissues; A, astrocytoma; GBM, glioblastoma. One-way ANOVA, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, n.s., no significance. c The levels of STC2 mRNA expression in low grade glioma (LGG) versus glioblastoma (GBM) tissues obtained from TCGA Research Network were analyzed. Unpaired t-test, **p < 0.01. d The mRNA expression of STC2 in various glioblastoma cell lines were analyzed. After normalizing with 18 S rRNA in each sample, the relative mRNA levels were calculated using A172 = 1. Means ± SD; n = 3 biological replicates. Oneway ANOVA, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, n.s., no significance. e, f Representative images of Western blotting against STC2 and β-ACTIN in whole lysates of glioblastoma cell lines (e) and concentrated culture media (Conditioned media CM) (f).