Figure 3

The expression of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in tumortissues and adjacent normal mucosa of colon and rectal cancer patients. (a) Representative Western blot analysis of colon tumor (CT) and the corresponding paired adjacent normal colonic mucosa (CN) from colon cancer patients. (b) Representative Western blots of rectal tumor (RT) and the corresponding paired adjacent normal rectal mucosa (RN) from rectal cancer patients. (c) Band densities from all tissue samples were quantified, and the relative expression of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 are expressed as a mean ± SE. ns, non-significant. *P < 0.05. ***P < 0.001.