Aberrant Methylation Inactivates Transforming Growth Factor 𝛽 Receptor I in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 3

Relationship between 𝑇𝛽𝑅-𝐼 gene promoter aberrant methylation and 𝑇𝛽𝑅-𝐼 protein expression.

	Methylation		Gene expression
Protein expression (IHC)	+	−	Complete	Partial	None
Positive	3	4	2	0	1
Negative	24	11	1	12	5
Total	27 (64%)	15 (36%)	3 (14%)	12 (57%)	6 (29%)
P value	0.389		0.042