Research Article

Integrin α9 Suppresses Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis by Rho GTPase Signaling

Table 2

Correlation of clinicopathological features with ITGA9 expression in GSE14520 microarray data.

VariableITGA9 (n)
HighLow value

Age
 ≤50 years51740.180
 >50 years3879
Gender
 Female12190.124
 Male77134
HBV status
 AVR-CC19390.164
 CC57103
 N24
ALT
 >50 (U/l)28720.017
 ≤50 (U/l)6181
AFP
 >300 ng/ml49610.052
 ≤300 ng/ml3890
Main tumor size
 >5 cm35530.307
 ≤5 cm53100
Multinodular
 No671230.351
 Yes2230
Cirrhosis
 No7120.995
 Yes82141
TNM staging
 01160.043
 I3165
 II2553
 III8929
BCLC staging
 05150.035
 A49103
 B1212
 C1217
CLIP staging
 026720.016
 12851
 21916
 345
 412
 501
Predicted risk metastasis signature
 High47740.505
 Low4279
CGH_survival_group
 G11180.063
 G21925

(; Pearson’s χ2 test).