Protein markers of cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumor-initiating cells reveal subpopulations in freshly isolated ovarian cancer ascites

Table 3 All significant correlations ¹ , using Spearman’s Rank Order correlation

Variables		Spearman’s correlation coefficient (r _s)	Significance (2-tailed)
CD44	Vimentin	0.810	<0.001 **
E-cadherin	100 K	0.676	<0.001 **
E-cadherin	CD44	−0.528	0.005 **
E-cadherin	Vimentin	−0.692	<0.001 **
EpCAM	100 K	0.494	0.009 **
EpCAM	β-F1-ATPsynthase	0.700	<0.001 **
Nanog	EpCAM	0.694	<0.001 **
Nanog	β-F1-ATPsynthase	0.432	0.024 *
Nanog	100 K	0.425	0.027 *

¹ All marker combinations were tested. Only those showing a significant correlation are shown.

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