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Official Journal of the Human Genome Organisation

Table 1 Egr-1, PDGF-A, and FA synthase expression in human diseases of epidermal proliferation

From: Evidence of EGR1 as a differentially expressed gene among proliferative skin diseases

Human Tissue

No. specimens

++ (% )

+ (%)

− (%)

Egr-1

    Psoriasis

20

70

6

24

    BCC, nodular

21

0

10

90

    BCC, superficial

16

0

12

88

    BCC, morpheic

18

0

17

83

    SCC

24

0

17

83

    SCC in situ

17

0

47

53

PDGF-A

    Psoriasis

20

100

0

0

    BCC, nodular

21

90

10

0

    BCC, superficial

16

100

0

0

    BCC, morpheic

18

89

11

0

    SCC

24

100

0

0

    SCC in situ

17

100

0

0

FA synthase

    Psoriasis

20

100

0

0

    BCC, nodular

21

0

5

95

    BCC, superficial

16

0

15

85

    BCC, morpheic

18

0

0

100

    SCC

24

4

8

88

    SCC in situ

17

6

0

94

  1. BCC = basal cell carcinoma, SCC = squamous cell carcinoma
  2. Expression levels: ++ = strong, + = moderate, − = undetectable