Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Activation Status of the Akt/mTOR/pS6 Signaling Pathway in Oral Lichen Planus

Table 2

Percentage of positive cases and average positivity, intensity, and total scores for cytoplasmic p-Akt per lesion category.

	Number and %; of positive cases	Average positivity; score	Average intensity; score	Average total; score
OLP	2/40 (5%)	0.05	0.08	0.05
NM	0/9 (0%)	0	0	0
OL	11/17 (64.7%)	0.94*	1.06*	2.00*
OSCC	7/10 (70%)	1.10*	1.10*	2.20*

OLP: oral lichen planus; NM: normal mucosa; OL: oral leukoplakia; OSCC: oral squamous cell carcinoma.
*Statistical significant differences (𝑃<0.05), compared to OLP.