Table 3

The level of protein expression of different studied markers in normal, dysplastic and neoplastic cervical epithelium detected by immunohistochemistry

Marker
NCT (20)
CINI (n = 18)
CINII (n = 11)
CINIII (n = 38)
ISCC (n = 43)

Pos. Cases
PI*
Pos. cases
PI
Pos. cases
PI
Pos. cases
PI
Pos. cases
PI

Ki-67
5 (25%)
< 0.1

6.5 ± 0.5

10 ± 0.45

21.6 ± 9

40.5 ± 11
Cyclin D1
0(0%)

0(0%)

0 (0%)

5(13.1%)
24.7 ± 3.6
18(41.9%)
63.2 ± 10.8
Cyclin E
0(0%)

3(16.7%)
18 ± 1.1
4(36.4%)
30 ± 4.4
21(55.3%)
60 ± 10.2
38(88.4%)
97 ± 13.8
CDK4
0(0%)

2(11.1%)
5 ± 0.5
4(36.4%)
12 ± 1.7
17(44.7%)
35 ± 4.6
40(93%)
92 ± 14.7
p53
0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

7(18.4%)
44 ± 5.6
19(44.2%)
76 ± 9.1
p21waf1
3(15%)
2.8 ± 0.2
1(5.5%)
7 ± 0.5
1(9.1%)
9.2
16(42.1%)
58 ± 7.1
29(67.4%)
89 ± 10.6
mdm-2
0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

9(23.7%)
66 ± 8.2
22(51.2%)
89 ± 10
p27KIP1
20(100%)
90 ± 8.6
18(100%)
77 ± 10.5
7(63.6%)
60 ± 11.7
10(26.3%)
20 ± 5.5
6(13.9%)
9 ± 1.1
p16INK4A
0(0%)

0(0%)

4(36.4%)
24 ± 4.7
24(63.1%)
70 ± 12.6
40(93%)
98 ± 12.0
Rb†
0
74 ± 11.6
0
68 ± 11.1
6(54.5%)
54 ± 8.6
21(55.2%)
25 ± 1.6
29 (67.4%)
7 ± 1.0

PI = Positivity index

†: Altered expression

Bahnassy et al. BMC Clinical Pathology 2007 7:4   doi:10.1186/1472-6890-7-4