Expression of Monocarboxylate Transporters 1, 2, and 4 in Human Tumours and Their Association with CD147 and CD44

Table 3

Correlations between MCTs and CD147 expressions in tumours.

		CD147 expression
		Breast			Colon			Lung			Ovary
		𝑛	Positive (%)	𝑃	𝑛	Positive (%)	𝑃	𝑛	Positive (%)	𝑃	𝑛	Positive (%)	𝑃
MCT1	Cytoplasm^a			.381			.184			.074			.245
	Negative	1	0 (0.0)		7	1 (14.3)		8	2 (25.0)		3	0 (0.0)
	Positive	20	13 (65.0)		21	11 (52.4)		14	10 (71.4)		15	7 (46.7)
	Plasma membrane			.131			.114			1			.050
	Negative	17	9 (52.9)		10	2 (20.0)		17	9 (52.9)		9	1 (11.1)
	Positive	4	4 (100.0)		18	10 (55.6)		5	3 (60.0)		9	6 (66.7)
MCT4	Cytoplasm^a			.024			.118			.023			.214
	Negative	4	0 (0.0)		5	0 (0.0)		6	1 (16.7)		12	3 (25.0)
	Positive	19	13 (68.4)		19	9 (47.4)		16	12 (75.0)		12	7 (58.3)
	Plasma membrane			1			—			—			1
	Negative	22	12 (54.5)		24	9 (37.5)		22	13 (59.1)		23	10 (43.5)
	Positive	1	1 (100.0)		0	—		0	—		1	0 (0.0)

^awith or without plasma membrane staining.