Table 3

 Comparison of mRNA and protein expression between normal colonic epithelium and invasive carcinoma cells (X2 test)

MarkermRNAProtein (epithelium)
CytoplasmicNuclear
NA, not applicable; P, phosphorylated; STAT3, signal transducers and activators of transcription 3.
STAT30.200STAT3: 0.023 P-STAT3: 0.006STAT3: 0.161 P-STAT3: 0.871
Cyclin D1<0.0010.758<0.001
Survivin<0.0010.1730.173
Bcl-xl<0.0010.55NA
Mcl-10.6370.733NA
Ki-67NANA<0.001