Table 1

The protein expression levels of UBA1 and UBA7 in the tumour and normal tissue of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma patients obtained using Western analysis and gene expression (GE) microarrays

UBA1

UBA7

Western

GE probe 1

Western

GE probe 1

GE probe 2

Tissue type^a

Median

[range]

Median

[range]

SCC

0.72

[0.29 0.91]

1097

[827 1410]

0.16

[0.13 0.27]

71

[54 88]

84

[67 95]

Normal

1.3

[0.81 2.8]

1723

[1037 1815]

0.74

[0.50 1.7]

131

[108 170]

194

[147 253]

p-value^b

0.02

0.03

0.01

0.00086

0.00018

AC

1.1

[0.70 1.2]

1326

[658 1656]

0.50

[0.15 0.62]

104

[72 160]

122

[68 228]

Normal

1.1

[0.24 1.9]

1162

[932 1601]

0.46

[0.11 0.95]

137

[119 221]

203

[162 406]

p-value^b

0.80

0.42

0.79

0.01

0.003

^aAC, adenocarcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma

^bp-value was calculated using two-sided t-test

Ruosaari et al. BMC Medical Genomics 2008 1:55   doi:10.1186/1755-8794-1-55