Expression of Angiogenesis Regulatory Proteins and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Factors in Platelets of the Breast Cancer Patients

Table 2

Levels of biomarkers in PP of the cancer and control study groups.

Variable	Cancer group		Control group		value
	( = 37)		( = 65)
	Median	Range	Median	Range
PDGF, pg	42.9	13.5–116.4	19.1	9.3–48.9	<0.001
PF4, ng	21.2	3.1–63.2	10.2	4.2–20.5	<0.001
TSP-1, ng	29.2	15.4–123.9	27.0	11.5–120.5	0.821
TGF-, ng	15.3	0.4–56.0	4.3	0.5–16.9	<0.001
VEGF, pg	2.1	0.3–6.1	0.9	0.1–2.3	<0.001

Variables are normalized to actin and expressed per 10⁶ platelets.
Statistically significant.