Figure 1

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining determined MAP2K3 expression in human HCC tumor and matched adjacent tissues. A-D: Representative images of MAP2K3 protein expression determined by IHC staining. A: An image represented a negative (-) expression of MAP2K3 expression; B: An image represented a low level (+) expression of MAP2K3, which showed a weak immunoreactive staining in cytoplasm; C: An image represented a negative (++) expression of MAP2K3 expression; D: An image represented a high level (+++) expression of MAP2K3, which exhibited a strong IHC staining in cytoplasm and perinuclear localization (arrowhead). E: Semi-quantitative analysis of MAP2K3 protein expression using integrated absorbance (IA) in human HCC tissues. Value was expressed as the average values from each individual sample of HCC tumor tissues or its matched adjacent tissue. The total average value of IA in the HCC tumor tissues was significantly greater as compared with the matched adjacent tissues (p<0.05, n = 14). Data was expressed as mean ± SD for 14 sets of samples.