Nuclear localization of beta-catenin involved in precancerous change in oral leukoplakia

Table 3 Relationship between nuclear expression of β-catenin and Wnt3 expression in oral leukoplakia

β-Catenin	Total number	Wnt3
		-	+
Nuclear expression negative	13	10	3 (23.1%)
Nuclear expression positive	16	3	13 (81.3%)*

*P < 0.01 between nuclear expression negative and positive samples by Mann-Whitney U-test.

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