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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics, MYC , hTERT and TP53 expression , and TP53 copies in gastric samples

From: hTERT, MYC and TP53 deregulation in gastric preneoplastic lesions

 

Superficial gastritis

Atrophic gastritis

Intestinal metaplasia

Gender

Male [N (%)]

12 (63.2)

11 (61.1)

12 (66.7)

Female [N (%)]

7(36.8)

7 (38.9)

6 (33.3)

Alcohol consumption

Negative [N (%)]

10 (52.6)

10 (55.6)

12 (66.7)

Positive [N (%)]

9 (47.4)

8 (44.4)

6 (33.3)

Cigarette smoking

Negative [N (%)]

10 (52.6)

12 (66.7)

9 (50)

Positive* [N (%)]

9 (47.4)

6 (33.3)

9 (50)

H. pylori infection

Negative [N (%)]

7 (36.8)

5 (27.8)

1 (5.6)

Positive [N (%)]

12 (63.2)

13 (72.2)

17 (94.4)

hTERT mRNA expression

RQ (Mean ± SD)

1.092 ± 0.61

0.821 ± 0.47

1.184 ± 0.55

MYC mRNA expression

RQ (Mean ± SD)

0.852 ± 0.51**

0.873 ± 0.28**

1.901 ± 0.49

TP53 mRNA expression

RQ (Mean ± SD)

0.997 ± 0.59

0.847 ± 0.79

1.021 ± 0.61

hTERT immunoreactivity

Negative [N (%)]

19 (100)

18 (100)

10 (55.6)

Positive [N (%)]

0 (0)**

0 (0)**

8 (44.4)

MYC immunoreactivity

Negative [N (%)]

19 (100)

18 (100)

10 (55.6)

Positive [N (%)]

0 (0)**

0 (0)**

8 (44.4)

p53immunoreactivity

Negative [N (%)]

19 (100)

18 (100)

12 (66.7)

Positive [N (%)]

0 (0)**

0 (0)**

6 (33.3)

TP53 copies

2 copies [N (%)]

18 (100)

18 (100)

15 (83.3)

1 copy [N (%)]

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (16.7)***

  1. RQ: relative quantification.
  2. *Patients smoking one or more cigarettes per day (range 1–20).
  3. **Significantly different from intestinal metaplasia group.
  4. ***Gastritis was significantly different from intestinal metaplasia group.