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Loss of Villin Immunoexpression in Colorectal Carcinoma Is Associated with Poor Differentiation and Survival

Table 2

The incidence of villin immunolocalisation in CRC and normal mucosa.
  Frequency of expression (positive cases)Pattern of localisation (number (%))
TotalNumber (%)Brush borderCytoplasmicMixed
Adjacent normal colonic mucosa5858 (100%)56 (96.5%)0 (0%)2 (3.5%)
CRC9379 (84.9%)0 (0%)23 (24.7%)56 (60.2%)
Brush border expression: a primary brush border staining only; cytoplasmic expression: a diffuse cytoplasmic expression without any brush border staining; mixed: a primary cytoplasmic staining pattern with minor brush border staining.