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Table 1 Immunohistochemical analysis of Hsp16.2 in 51 human brain tumors.

From: Correlation between the progressive cytoplasmic expression of a novel small heat shock protein (Hsp16.2) and malignancy in brain tumors

Histological diagnosis

No. of cases

Tumor grade

Intracytoplasmic labeling

Intranuclear labeling

   

-

+

++

+++

-

+

++

+++

Schwannoma

5

1

5

      

5

Pilocytic astrocytoma

6

1

3

3

     

6

Meningothelial meningioma

6

1

4

2

     

6

Fibrous meningeoma

5

1

2

3

     

5

Diffuse astrocytoma

8

2

3

5

     

8

Oligodendroglioma

5

2

1

4

     

5

Ependymoma

6

2

 

1

5

   

1

5

Atypical meningeoma

5

2

 

1

4

    

5

Malignant meningeoma

6

3

  

6

    

6

Anaplastic astrocytoma

5

3

  

5

    

5

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

5

3

  

5

    

5

Glioblastoma

9

4

  

2

7

   

9

Giant cell glioblastoma

5

4

   

5

   

5

Medulloblastoma

8

4

   

8

   

8

PNET

7

4

   

7

   

7

  1. Staining intensity: (+) mild, (++) moderate, (+++) strong