Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Pancreatic Tumor Cell Lines: The Role of Neutrophils and Neutrophil-Derived Elastase

Table 1

PMN infiltrates, β-catenin, and ZEB1 expression in the patients.

	PDAC (𝑛=115)	HCC (𝑛=39)
PMN infiltration	(i) Score 0: 4 (4%)	(i) Score 0: 8 (21%)
	(ii) Score 1: 58 (50%)	(ii) Score 1: 20 (51%)
	(iii) Score 2: 53 (46%)	(iii) Score 2: 11 (28%)
𝛽-catenin expression (Allred score)	(i) Score 0: 107 (93%)	(i) Score 0: 30 (77%)
	(ii) Score 2: 2 (2%)	(ii) Score 2: 0
	(iii) Score 3: 0	(iii) Score 3: 2 (5%)
	(iv) Score 4: 5 (4%)	(iv) Score 4: 3 (7%)
	(v) Score 5: 1 (1%)	(v) Score 5: 2 (5%)
	(vi) Score 6: 0	(vi) Score 6: 1 (3%)
	(vii) Score 7: 0	(vii) Score 7: 1 (3%)
	(viii) Score 8: 0	(viii) Score 8: 0
ZEB1 expression (Allred score)	(i) Score 0: 44 (38%)	(i) Score 0: 27 (69%)
	(ii) Score 2: 5 (4%)	(ii) Score 2: 1 (3%)
	(iii) Score 3: 5 (4%)	(iii) Score 3: 6 (15%)
	(iv) Score 4: 10 (9%)	(iv) Score 4: 4 (10%)
	(v) Score 5: 16 (14%)	(v) Score 5: 0
	(vi) Score 6: 12 (11%)	(vi) Score 6: 2 (5%)
	(vii) Score 7: 16 (14%)	(vii) Score 7: 1 (3%)
	(viii) Score 8: 7 (6%)	(viii) Score 8: 0