|  |  | Precursor lesions* | ESCC* | P-value | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protein | Â | Normal | Low# | High## | I | IIA/IIB | III/IV | P a | P b | P c | P d | P e | P f |
 | - | 22(11.8%) | 28(65.1%) | 71(62.8%) | 14(77.8%) | 42(55.3%) | 56(57.7%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fas | + | 89(46.6%) | 13(30.2%) | 31(27.4%) | 4(22.2%) | 30(39.5%) | 31(32.0%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.583 | 0.295 | 0.184 | 0.355 |
 | ++ | 76(40.6%) | 2(4.7%) | 11(9.7%) | 0 | 4(5.3%) | 10(10.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 155(84.7%) | 15(38.5%) | 28(23.5%) | 1(5.6%) | 36(44.4%) | 58(59.2%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FADD | + | 25(13.7%) | 20(51.3%) | 56(47.1%) | 11(61.1%) | 40(49.4%) | 28(28.6%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.032 | 0.212 | <0.001 | 0.013 |
 | ++ | 3(1.6%) | 4(10.3%) | 35(29.4%) | 6(33.3%) | 5(6.2%) | 12(12.2%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 72(39.1%) | 40(100%) | 114(100%) | 18(100%) | 81(100%) | 98(100%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Caspase 8 | + | 76(41.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
 | ++ | 36(19.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 102(53.4%) | 9(21.4%) | 47(38.5%) | 3(16.7%) | 30(37.0%) | 30(30.6%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CDC25B | + | 76(39.8%) | 26(61.9%) | 45(36.9%) | 5(27.8%) | 43(53.1%) | 59(60.2%) | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.018 | 0.021 | <0.001 | 0.618 |
 | ++ | 13(6.8%) | 7(16.7%) | 30(24.6%) | 10(55.6%) | 8(9.9%) | 9(9.2%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 152 ** (82.2%) | 9(20.5%) | 14(11.7%) | 2(11.8%) | 16(19.8%) | 16(16.3%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fascin | + | 17(9.2%) | 23(52.3%) | 62(51.7%) | 6(35.3%) | 29(35.8%) | 43(43.9%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.272 | 0.402 | 0.701 | 0.203 |
 | ++ | 16(8.6%) | 12(27.3%) | 44(36.7%) | 9(52.9%) | 36(44.4%) | 39(39.8%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 159**(86.9%) | 30(78.9%) | 65(59.0%) | 13(68.4%) | 29(35.8%) | 33(34.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CK14 | + | 16(8.7%) | 5(13.2%) | 29(26.4%) | 3(15.8%) | 12(14.8%) | 24(24.7%) | <0.001 | 0.436 | 0.035 | 0.612 | 0.019 | 0.241 |
 | ++ | 8(4.4%) | 3(7.9%) | 16(14.5%) | 3(15.8%) | 40(49.4%) | 40(41.2%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 5(2.8%) | 39(86.7%) | 85(70.2%) | 18(94.7%) | 39(48.8%) | 49(49.5%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CK4 | + | 123(68.0%) | 6(13.3%) | 34(28.1%) | 1(5.3%) | 39(48.8%) | 46(46.5%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.020 | 0.079 | 0.001 | 0.832 |
 | ++ | 53(29.3%) | 0 | 2(1.7%) | 0 | 2(2.5%) | 4(4.0%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 1(0.5%) | 24(53.3%) | 52(43.3%) | 10(52.6%) | 44(55.7%) | 58(58.6%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annexin 1 | + | 48(26.0%) | 16(35.6%) | 46(38.3%) | 6(31.6%) | 30(38.0%) | 30(30.3%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.402 | 0.749 | 0.391 | 0.377 |
 | ++ | 136(73.5%) | 5(11.1%) | 22(18.3%) | 3(15.8%) | 5(6.3%) | 11(11.1%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 181***(100%) | 37(88.1%) | 88(74.6%) | 6(37.5%) | 26(32.1%) | 22(22.4%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Laminin-5γ2 | + | 0 | 5(11.9%) | 29(24.6%) | 6(37.5%) | 46(56.8%) | 56(57.1%) | ------ | ------ | 0.181 | <0.001 | 0.227 | 0.142 |
 | ++ | 0 | 0 | 1(0.8%) | 4(25%) | 9(11.1%) | 20(20.4%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 167(96.0%) | 40(95.2%) | 116(97.5%) | 10(71.4%) | 13(18.3%) | 11(11.6%) | <0.001 | 0.651 | 0.606 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.125 |
SPARC in stromal fibroblasts | + | 5(2.9%) | 2(4.8%) | 3(2.5%) | 3(21.4%) | 28(39.4%) | 29(30.5%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | ++ | 2(1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 1(7.1%) | 30(42.3%) | 55(57.9%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | - | 174(100%) | 42(95.5%) | 117(96.7%) | 18(100%) | 76(93.8%) | 90(91.8%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
SPARC in epithelial cells | + | 0 | 2(4.5%) | 4(3.3%) | 0 | 3(3.7%) | 3(3.1%) | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
 | ++ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2.5%) | 5(5.1%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |