RhoC, vascular endothelial growth factor and microvascular density in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Table 3 Relationship among Ras homolog C protein, Ras homolog C mRNA, vascular endothelial growth factor protein and CD105 staining of measure microvascular density

RhoC protein expression	n	RhoC mRNA expression		r	P value	VEGFexpression		r	P value	MVDCD105(mean ± SD)	r	P value	VEGF protein expression	n	MVDCD105(mean ± SD)	t	P value
		+	-			+	-
+	52	46	6	0.451	0.000	40	12	0.448	0.000	41.99 ± 9.83	0.451	0.000	+	42	38.88 ± 0.041	5.147	0.027
-	10	4	6			2	8			31.07 ± 6.38			-	20	36.45 ± 0.036

MVD_CD105: CD105 staining of measure microvascular density; RhoC: Ras homolog C; VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor.