Research Article
Expression of Glutamine Metabolism-Related and Amino Acid Transporter Proteins in Adrenal Cortical Neoplasms and Pheochromocytomas
Table 3
Expression of glutamine metabolism-related proteins and amino acid transporter proteins according to SDHB status in pheochromocytoma.
| Parameters | SDHB negative (%) | SDHB positive (%) | value |
| GLS | | | <0.001 | Negative | 130 (91.5) | 33 (70.2) | | Positive | 12 (8.5) | 14 (29.8) | | GDH | | | 0.153 | Negative | 141 (99.3) | 45 (95.7) | | Positive | 1 (0.7) | 2 (4.3) | | SLC1A5 | | | 0.014 | Negative | 108 (76.1) | 27 (57.4) | | Positive | 34 (23.9) | 20 (42.6) | | SLC7A5 | | | n/a | Negative | 142 (100.0) | 47 (100.0) | | Positive | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | SLC7A11 | | | 0.001 | Negative | 109 (76.8) | 24 (51.1) | | Positive | 33 (23.2) | 23 (48.9) | | BNIP3 | | | 0.066 | Negative | 139 (97.9) | 43 (91.5) | | Positive | 3 (2.1) | 4 (8.5) | |
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