Research Article
Overexpression of HIF-2α, TWIST, and CXCR4 Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Table 6
mRNA expression of HIF-2α, TWIST, and CXCR4 in PTCs, nodular hyperplasia, and normal thyroid tissues.
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Mean ± SD of HIF-2α, TWIST and CXCR4 mRNA expression in normal thyroid and nodular hyperplasia tissues, PTCs without LNM and PTCs with LNM after normalization to GAPDH (Mann-Whitney test, asignificant difference between PTCs without LNM and normal thyroid tissues; bsignificant difference in HIF-2α, TWIST, and CXCR4 mRNA expression between PTCs with LNM and PTCs without LNM). |