Activation of transcription factors NF-kappaB and AP-1 and their relations with apoptosis-associated proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 5 Relationship between activated NF-κB and apoptosis proteins in nontumor tissues

NF-κB	Cases	Adjacent nontumor tissues						ICH-1S		Cases	Normal liver tissues
		Fas		FasL		ICH-1L					Fas		FasL		ICH-1L		ICH-1S
		+	–	+	–	+	–	+	–		+	–	+	–	+	–	+	–
Activated	7	15	7	13	9	19	3	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inactivated	33	6	12	5	13	10	8	10	8	7	0	7	0	7	2	5	1	6
χ2		4.8211		3.9221		4.7130		6.8946			0		0		0		0
P		< 0.05		< 0.05		< 0.05		< 0.05			> 0.05		> 0.05		> 0.05		> 0.05