Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2004.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 15, 2004; 10(6): 776-782
Published online Mar 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i6.776
Table 2 Correlation between the expression of heparanase mRNA and the expression of CD44v6, nm23 and MMP-7 protein
ItemsNumberof casesHeparanase(+)CorrelationcoefficientP value
CD44v6-0.4400.004
(-)103
(+)3326
Nm23-0.0210.889
(-)2718
(+)1611
MMP-7-0.3520.023
(-)178
(+)26 21