Figure 2From: Loss of Programmed cell death 4 (Pdcd4) associates with the progression of ovarian cancerDifferential Pdcd4 mRNA and protein expressions in normal, borderline and malignant ovarian tissue samples. (A) Pdcd4 mRNA expressions were significantly lower in malignant (median 3.07, interquartile range 1.36-5.83) when compared with borderline tissues (5.04, 3.95-7.18) (p = 0.041), and both malignant and borderline tissues showed significant lower expressions than normal tissues (9.54, 6.25-12.78) (p < 0.001 and p = 0.001 respectively). (B) Pdcd4 protein expressions were significantly lower in both borderline (median 0.39, interquartile range 0.21-0.57) and malignant (0.28, 0.21-0.49) ovarian cancer tissues when compared with normal tissues (1.39, 1.15-1.53) (p < 0.001).Back to article page