Expression of NF-κB and human telomerase reverse transcriptase in gastric cancer and precancerous lesions

Table 1 Expression of NF-κBp65 protein, hTERT mRNA and protein in precancerous lesions and gastric cancer

Lesion	Cases	NF-κBp65				hTERT mRNA				hTERT protein
		+	++	+++	Total (%)	+	++	+++	Total (%)	+	++	+++	Total (%)
Normal	10	0	0	0	0 (0)	1	0	0	1 (10.00)	0	0	0	0 (0)
Intestinal metaplasia	23	7	1	0	8 (34.78)b	6	3	0	9 (39.13)b	5	2	0	7 (30.43)b
Dysplasia	15	7	1	0	8 (53.33)a	7	3	0	10 (66.67)a	7	2	0	9 (60.00)a
Cancer	41	7	14	4	25 (60.98)a	6	20	9	35 (85.37)a	6	20	6	32 (78.05)a

^aP < 0.05, vs normal mucosa group;

^bP < 0.01, vs cancer group.