Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2014; 20(5): 1305-1310
Published online Feb 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i5.1305
Table 3 Correlations between apoptotic proteins: antiapoptotic Bcl-xL protein and proapoptotic Bak and Bax proteins in colorectal cancer n (%)
Bcl-xL expression
P valueBak expression
P value
WeakStrongWeakStrong
Bak weak15 (51.72)14 (48.28)< 0.01019 (65.52)10 (34.48)0.349
strong1 (5.26)18 (94.74)11 (52.38)10 (47.62)
Bax weak11 (39.29)17 (60.71)0.300
strong5 (25)15 (75)