Figure 1: Carboxyl-terminal modulator protein (CTMP) expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) clinical specimens.

(A) Immunohistochemical CTMP expression. Representative immunohistochemical images of: (a) no staining intensity, (b) weak staining intensity, (c) moderate staining intensity, and (d) strong staining intensity in tumor samples from 119 HNSCC patients. (a) and (b) were classified as ‘low CTMP expression’, whereas (c) and (d) were classified as ‘high CTMP expression’ (100x magnification). (B,C) CTMP expression levels in the total cell lysate acquired from normal (N)–tumor (T) paired clinical specimens were examined through (B) RT-PCR and (C) Western blot assays.