Identification of differentially expressed genes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by microarray expression profiling

Table 1 Data of organ transplant (TX) non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) patients or non-TX.

Patient	Sex/age (years)	TX	Time after TX (years)	Normal skin	AK	SCC
1 (BN)	F/60	Kidney	23	Insight lower arm (ILA^a)	Finger (1)^b	Hand (1)
2 (GM)	M/66	Kidney	11	ILA^a	Lower leg (2)	Forehead (2)
3 (MP)	M/58	Liver	12	ILA^a	Lower Leg^c	Lower Leg (3)
4 (DR)	M/73	Heart	9	ILA^a	Head (3)	Forehead (4)
5 (JG)	M/69	Kidney	2	ILA^a (1)	Ear^c(4)	Forehead (5)
6 (GH)	M/57	Non-TX		Head (2)	NC	NC
7 (WM)	F/61	Non-TX		Cheek (3)	NC	NC
8 (WM)	F/61	Non-TX		Head (4)	NC	NC
9 (EW)	F/74	Non-TX		Face (5)	NC	NC
10 (MG)	M/17	Non-TX		Fundament (6)	NC	NC

Normal skin, AK, and SCC biopsies were collected from each TX-patient, and in addition normal skin biopsies were obtained from age-matched immunocompetent patients (non-TX).
^a RNA of 5 normal biopsies were pooled.
^b The biopsies used for microarray analysis are indicated with numbers in parentheses marked in bold.
^c RNA of 2 AK were pooled.
F, female; M, male; AK, actinic keratosis; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; NC, not collected.

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