Fig. 4

Analysis of p-TNS2 and p-Axl expression in tumor and adjacent non-tumor tissues of the human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. Both p-Axl and p-TNS2 proteins were upregulated by IHC in 33 PDAC. a Representative micrographs show the histopathologic features and the expressions of p-TNS2 and pAxl in adjacent normal and tumor tissues by immunohistochemical analysis. For each section’s micrograph, a higher magnification is shown to its right (indicated by an arrow) for clarity. The adjacent normal tissue showed low protein expression in pancreatic ductal epithelial cells but high expression in endocrine acinar cell. Scale bars, 100 μm. b The bar chart shows Mean ± SD. c The dots chart shows the H-score of individual patients and the median values of groups (p < 0.05)