PLCE1 Polymorphisms and Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer in a Northwestern Chinese Population

Figure 2

Representative images of PLCE1 expression distribution in gastric cancer (GC) and adjacent noncancerous (ANC) tissues by tissue microarray. (a) ANC tissues. PLCE1 protein was expressed in the cytoplasm of columnar epithelial cells and mainly distributed in the junction of cardia and gastric fundus glands (200×). (b) GC tissues. Structure distortion and confusion of tubular glands, heterogeneity of epithelial cells with irregular nuclear staining, and lower expression of PLCE1 were observed (200×).

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