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Table 1 Immunohistochemical data of hCAP-18 and lactoferrin in ovarian cancer tissues

From: Investigation of human cationic antimicrobial protein-18 (hCAP-18), lactoferrin and CD163 as potential biomarkers for ovarian cancer

Analyte

Control

Benign

Borderline

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

hCAP-18

0.0 ± 0.0 n=6

0.0 ± 0.0 n=6

0.2 ± 0.2 n=6

1.6 ± 0.5 * n=5

1.0 ± 0.5 n=6

0.2 ± 0.2 n=6

lactoferrin

0.3 ± 0.2 n=6

0.0 ± 0.0 n=6

1.3 ± 0.6 n=4

2.4 ± 0.6 * n=5

0.8 ± 0.3 n=4

1.2 ± 0.7 n=5

  1. Immunohistochemical data is presented as mean extent score ± SEM. Statistically significant results compared with control samples are denoted with * (Student’s t-test, P<0.05).