Relationship between expression of gastrin, somatostatin, Fas/FasL and caspases in large intestinal carcinoma

Table 4 Comparison of positive rates of Fas, FasL, caspase-3 and caspase-8 protein in GAS and SS high, moderate and low expression groups of LIC

Groups	n	Fas		FasL		Caspase-3		Caspase-8
		+ (%)	-	+ (%)	-	+ (%)	-	+ (%)	-
GAS
High	11	7 (63.6)	4	10 (90.9)a	1	9 (81.8)	2	8 (72.7)	3
Moderate	21	16 (76.2)	5	7 (81.0)a	4	14 (66.7)	7	13 (61.9)	8
Low	47	37 (78.7)	10	26 (53.2)	21	29 (61.7)	18	28 (59.6)	19
SS
High	10	9 (90.0)c	1	8 (80.0)	2	10 (100.0)c	0	9 (90.0)c	1
Moderate	20	16 (80.0)c	4	14 (70.0)	6	15 (75.0)c	5	14 (70.0)c	6
Low	49	26 (53.1)	23	32 (65.3)	17	24 (49.0)	25	21 (42.9)	28

^aP < 0.05 vs GAS low expression group;

^cP < 0.05 vs SS low expression group.