Assessment of Control Tissue for Gene and Protein Expression Studies: A Comparison of Three Alternative Lung Sources

Table 3

Immunoreactivity scores for antibodies in lung derived from cancer resection, transplant biopsy, and pneumothorax.

Antibody	Cancer			Transplant			Pneumothorax
	BL	AL	MPG	BL	AL	MPG	BL	AL	MPG
VEGFA	0-1	0-1	2	3	0	1	3	2	3
PGF	0-1	0	0	0-1	0	2	0-1	0	2
FLT1	0-1	0-1	2	0-1	0-1	2	0-1	0-1	2
KDR	3	1	3	3	1	2	0-1	0-1	2
MMP-2	2	0-1	2	3	3	1	3	0	3
MMP-9	0-1	0	1	0-1	0	0	0-1	0	1
TIMP-1	2-3	2	2	0-1	1	2	0-1	0	2
TIMP-2	0-1	0	1	2	1	2	0-1	0	2

BL: bronchiole lining.
AL: alveolar lining.
MPG: macrophages.