Table 2 Number (percentage) of melanocytic lesions expressing different levels of FABP7
From: The fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7) is involved in proliferation and invasion of melanoma cells
Tumor type | No. of tumors | Cytoplasm | Nucleus | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | ≤ 5% | 6–50% | > 50% | - | ≤ 5% | 6–50% | > 50% | ||
Benign nevi | 11 | 1 (9) | 0 (-) | 1 (9) | 9 (82) | 3 (28) | 4 (36) | 4 (36) | 0 (-) |
Primary melanomas | 149 | 43 (28) | 14 (9) | 42 (28) | 50 (34) | 79 (53) | 51 (34) | 16 (11) | 3 (2) |
SSM | 93 | 32 (34) | 10 (11) | 25 (27) | 26 (28) | 51 (55) | 31 (33) | 9 (10) | 2 (2) |
NM | 56 | 11 (20) | 4 (7) | 17 (30) | 24 (43) | 28 (50) | 20 (36) | 7 (12) | 1 (2) |
Metastases | 68 | 21 (31) | 8 (11) | 21 (31) | 18 (27) | 40 (59) | 20 (29) | 7 (11) | 1 (1) |