Figure 2
Presence of cancer-associated fibroblasts in ascites. A representative western blots showing co-expression of PDGFβR and α-SMA in paired M- and S-samples from three patients. In total 9/25 samples showed expression of PDGFβR, all of them M-type. Numbers refers to patients. B. Box plots comparing the distribution of relative expression of α-SMA in M- (n = 17) and S-type (n = 8) samples (left) and in samples representing clinical stage IIIC (n = 17) and IV (n = 8) at diagnosis (right). Asterisks denote statistically significant difference (Independent t-test).