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J Clin Pathol 56:599-604 doi:10.1136/jcp.56.8.599
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Insulin-like growth factor system gene expression in women with type 2 diabetes and breast cancer

Table 2

Relative standardised mRNA expression quantitation in the four groups

No cancer Cancer
No diabetes Diabetes
No diabetes (15) Diabetes (13) Tumorous (19) Peritumorous (15) Tumorous (20) Peritumorous (15)
Results are given as mean of counts/minute (SD). The number of samples analysed is given in parenthesis in the headings.
IGF-I 1045 (535) 1031 (696) 568 (135) 615 (111) 714 (274) 903 (708)
IGF-IR 1360 (1131) 1092 (632) 682 (258) 692 (168) 852 (271) 1106 (1015)
IGFBP-3 572 (575) 334 (235) 522 (283) 506 (524) 389 (522) 327 (271)
ESR1 132 (68) 182 (131) 485 (305) 460 (333)

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