CTGF, intestinal stellate cells and carcinoid fibrogenesis

Table 1 Clinical details of carcinoid tumors used for mRNA analysis

No	Sex	Age2	Race	Tumor site	Lymph node involvement	Liver involvement	Fibrosis3
11	M	71	H	G	N	N	N
21	M	45	W	G	N	N	N
31	F	74	W	G	N	N	N
41	M	78	W	G	N	N	N
5	F	40	W	G	N	N	N
64	M	43	W	SI	N	Y	Y
71	F	60	W	SI	16/22	N	Y
81	M	59	W	SI	N	Y	N
91	M	73	W	SI	1/9	Y	N
101	F	53	W	SI	1/12	N	N

¹Normal tissue available,

²Age at time of procedure,

³Identified at surgery;

⁴Used to isolate and culture intestinal stellate cell. H: Hispanic; W: White; G: Gastric ECL carcinoid; SI: SI EC cell carcinoid tumor.