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Table 1 Tumour xenotransplantations into 2 day old zebrafish

From: Metastatic behaviour of primary human tumours in a zebrafish xenotransplantation model

 

Tumour Transplants (grade and pTMN stage)

Number transplants

(survivors)

Migration [presence of micro-metastases at 3 dpi]

total >5 [%]

Control Transplants

Number transplants

(survivors)

Migration

[presence of micro-metastases at 3 dpi]

total >5 [%]

p-value

   

<5

5 to 20

>20

   

<5

5 to 20

>20

  

1

Pancreas

G2; T3; N1 (13/14) R1, M1

80 (64)

0

20

[4]

25 [20]

70.3%

Normal Pancreas

80 (73)

0

0

0

0

6.3 × 10-5

2

Pancreas

G2; pT3, pN1, pM1

60 (42)

2

[0]

18

[4]

6

[4]

57.1%

Chronic Pancreatitis

60 (50)

0

0

0

0

1.1 × 10-5

3

Pancreas

G2; pT1, pN1 (1/18) pM1

80 (46)

0

18

[5]

8

[7]

56.5%

Chronic Pancreatitis

80 (59)

0

0

0

0

1.9 × 10-4

4

Pancreas

G3; pT3, pN1 mi (1/11) pM1

80 (65)

0

24

[6]

12

[9]

55.4%

Chronic Pancreatitis

80 (58)

0

0

0

0

5.4 × 10-5

5

Colon

G2; pT3 pN1 (2/14) LN metas.

80 (66)

0

15

[7]

14

[10]

43.9%

Normal Tissue

80 (72)

0

0

0

0

0.9 × 10-6

6

Stomach

G2: pT3 pN2 (11/18 LK)

80 (62)

0

23

[6]

11

[9]

54.8%

Normal Tissue

80 (68)

0

0

0

0

2.9 × 10-5

7

Stomach

G2; ypT2b, ypN0 (0/20)

80 (48)

0

18

[5]

7

[6]

52.3%

Normal Tissue

80 (51)

0

0

0

0

1 × 10-6

 

Primary tumour cell injections

Number

transplants

(survivors)

Migration

[presence of micro-metastases at 3 dpi]

total >5 [%]

Primary control cell injections

Number

transplants

(survivors)

Migration

[presence of micro-metastases at 3 dpi]

total >5 [%]

p-value

   

<5

5 to 20

>20

   

<5

5 to 20

>20

  

1

Pancreas

80 (63)

3

[0]

38

[10]

4

[4]

66.6%

Normal Pancreas

80 (69)

0

0

0

0

9.1 × 10-5

2

Pancreas

80 (66)

0

23

[7]

3

[2]

39.4%

Chronic Pancreatitis

80 72

2

[0]

0

0

0

7.6 × 10-5

3

Pancreas

80 (63)

0

22

[7]

6

[5]

44.4%

Chronic Pancreatitis

80 (61)

1

[0]

0

0

0

4 × 10-4

4

Pancreas

80 (63)

0

23

[6]

5

[4]

44.4%

Chronic Pancreatitis

80 (63)

1

[0]

0

0

0

5 × 10-4

5

Colon

80 (65)

0

24

[7]

5

[4]

44.4

Normal Tissue

80 (59)

1

0

0

0

2.7 × 10-5

6

Stomach

80 (68)

0

24

[6]

0

35.3

Normal Tissue

80 (69)

0

0

0

0

6.8 × 10-6

  1. Tumours as numbered in the table: 1Pancreas head carcinoma; 2Well differentiated ductal adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas head; 3Moderately differentiated ductal adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas head; 4Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the ampulla vateri with infiltration of the pancreas; 5Adenocarcinoma of the colon; 6Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach; 7Moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma of the stomach. For the tumour cell injections in the lower half of the table numbers 1–6 indicate the tumour sources of the dissociated cells. There is a significant difference between all tumours and controls and all p-values of a student t-test were below 0.001. Tumour grading and classification is according to histopathological examination. Development of micrometastases was assessed by the presence of daughter cells at 3 days post transplantation (dpt).