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

Table 3

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

	Number and %; of positive cases	Average positivity; score	Average intensity; score	Average total; score
OLP	4/39 (10.3%)	0.154	0.154	0.31
NM	0/10 (0%)	0	0	0
OL	12/19 (63.2%)	1.00*	1.05*	2.05*
OSCC	4/9 (44.4%)	0.78*	0.56*	1.33*

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