Research Article

High Mobility Group Box Protein 1 Serves as a Potential Prognostic Marker of Lung Cancer and Promotes Its Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in a Nuclear Factor-κB-Dependent Manner

Table 1

HMGB1 expression level in lung cancer tissues and normal tissues adjacent to lung cancers.

VariablesHMGB1 staining
Low (%)High (%)Total

Lung cancer tissues39 (43.3)51 (56.7)900.001
Adjacent noncancerous tissues63 (70.0)27 (30.0)90

The Student -test for value.