Characterization of monocarboxylate transporter activity in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 4 Association of the plasma membrane expression of monocarboxylate transporters with the plasma membrane expression of the chaperone CD147 and the glycolytic protein glucose transporter 1 n (%)

		CD147			GLUT1
	n	Positive	P value	n	Positive	P value
MCT1			< 0.001			1.000
Negative	40	4 (10.0)		40	2 (5.0)
Positive	74	56 (75.7)		74	4 (5.4)
MCT2			0.766			0.434
Negative	102	56 (54.9)		103	5 (4.9)
Positive	10	5 (50.0)		10	1 (10.0)
MCT4			0.114			0.004
Negative	80	46 (57.5)		81	1 (1.2)
Positive	36	15 (41.7)		38	6 (15.8)

MCT: Monocarboxylate transporter; GLUT: Glucose transporter.