Research Article
Expression and Clinical Significance of the Autophagy Proteins BECLIN 1 and LC3 in Ovarian Cancer
Table 1
Distribution of BECLIN 1 positivity (in terms of H ≥ 40) among ovarian carcinoma histologic types.
| | BECLIN 1 positive | Yes | No |
Number of cases |
| | Histologic type I | | Serous (low grade) | 8 | 0 | 8 | | Endometrioid (low grade) | 8 | 0 | 8 | | Clear cell | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Mucinous | 2 | 1 | 3 | | Transitional (Brenner) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Histologic type II | | Serous (high grade) | 11 | 8 | 19 | | Endometrioid (high grade) | 3 | 2 | 5 | | Undifferentiated | 6 | 5 | 11 | | Mixed mesodermal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Total | 41 | 20 | 61 |
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