Levels of Circulating Microparticles in Lung Cancer Patients and Possible Prognostic Value
Figure 2
Comparison of plasma levels of microparticles to the presence or absence of lung cancer metastasis. (a) Apoptotic EDMP plotted against presence or absence of lung cancer (LC) metastasis, ; (b) apoptotic PDMP plotted against presence or absence of LC metastasis, ; (c) activated EDMP plotted against presence or absence of LC metastasis, ; (d) activated PDMP plotted against presence or absence of LC metastasis, . M0 = no metastasis (); M1a = intrathoracic metastasis (i.e., lung and pleural; ); M1b = extrathoracic metastasis (). In these plots, the dot within the line represents the median values; the upper and lower lines represent the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. The analysis was performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. EDMP = endothelium-derived microparticles; PDMP = platelet-derived microparticles.
