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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2008; 14(28): 4562-4568
Published online Jul 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4562
Figure 1
Figure 1 Expression of endocan in normal mucous membrane and cancer tissues of colon and rectum tissues. A: Endocan was expressed in the cytoplasm of the epithelial cell and it had a high polarity under the nucleus; B: The expression of endocan in colon and rectum tissues. This section show that it had a high expression in mucous membrane by the side of carcinoma tissue (gray arrow), also in well and moderately-differentiated colon carcinoma tissues (black arrow), but a weak expression in poorly differentiated carcinoma tissues (white arrow).