Clinical Study
The Expression of Bcl-2 and BID in Gastric Cancer Cells
Table 1
Bcl-2 and BID expression in gastric cancer cells depending on clinicopathological factors and Helicobacter pylori infection.
| Variable | Bcl-2 | | BID | | (+) | (−) | (+) | (−) | (%) | (%) |
| Protein expression | 49 (55.7%) | 39 (44.3%) | | 45 (53.6%) | 39 (46.4%) | | Age | | | | | | | <60 | 16 (48.5%) | 17 (51.5%) | NS | 16 (48.5%) | 17 (51.5%) | NS | ≥60 | 33 (60.0%) | 22 (40.0%) | 29 (56.9%) | 22 (43.1%) | Sex | | | | | | | Female | 16 (55.2%) | 13 (44.8%) | NS | 12 (44.4%) | 15 (55.6%) | NS | Male | 33 (55.9%) | 26 (44.1%) | 33 (57.9%) | 24 (42.1%) | Depth of infiltration (pT) | | | | | | | pT1, T2 | 12 (40.0%) | 18 (60.0%) | <0,05 | 11 (39.3%) | 17 (60.7%) | NS | pT3, T4 | 37 (63.8%) | 21 (36.2%) | 34 (60.7%) | 22 (39.3%) | Lauren’s classification | | | | | | | Intestinal type | 42 (71.2%) | 17 (37.8%) | <0,001 | 33 (60.0%) | 22 (40.0%) | NS | Diffuse type | 7 (25.0%) | 21 (75.0%) | 12 (42.9%) | 16 (57.1%) | Malignancy grade (G) | | | | | | | 2 | 28 (62.2%) | 17 (37.8%) | NS | 27 (62.8%) | 16 (37.2%) | NS | 3 | 21 (48.8%) | 22 (51.2%) | 18 (43.9%) | 23 (56.1%) | Cancer location in the stomach | | | | | | | Upper 1/3 | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | NS | 3 (50.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | NS | Middle 1/3 | 21 (55.3%) | 17 (44.7%) | 18 (50.0%) | 18 (50.0%) | Lower 1/3 | 26 (59.1%) | 18 (40.9%) | 24 (57.1%) | 18 (42.9%) | Bormann’s classification | | | | | | | 1 | 0 (00.0%) | 7 (100%) | <0,01 | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | NS | 2 | 15 (71.4%) | 6 (28.6%) | 6 (33.3%) | 12 (66.7%) | 3 | 26 (57.8%) | 19 (42.2%) | 28 (65.1%) | 15 (34.9%) | 4 | 8 (53.3%) | 7 (46.7%) | 7 (43.8%) | 9 (56.3%) | Lymph node involvement | | | | | | | Present | 19 (73.1%) | 7 (26.9%) | <0,05 | 13 (52.0%) | 12 (48.0%) | NS | Absent | 30 (48.4%) | 32 (51.6%) | 32 (54.2%) | 27 (45.8%) | H. pylori infection | | | | | | | Present | 21 (51.2%) | 20 (48.8%) | NS | 20 (48.8%) | 21 (51.2%) | NS | Absent | 23 (62.2%) | 14 (37.8%) | 21 (61.8%) | 13 (38.2%) |
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NS: nonsignificant.
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