Table 5
Comparison between western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry for E-cadherin and β catenin in Wilms’s tumours
| Western blot analysis | Immunohistochemistry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilms’s tumours | E-cadherin expression | β Catenin expression | E-cadherin expression | β Catenin expression |
| Semiquantitative scale (relative to normal human kidney): –, negligible; +, weak; ++, moderate; +++, strong; ++++, very strong. | ||||
| 120 kDa | 92 kDa | |||
| Wit 146 | – | ++ | – | ++/+++ |
| Wit 156 | – | ++ | ++ | +++ |
| Wit 141 | ++ | ++ | + | ++ |
| Wit 154 | – | + | – | + |
| Wit 158 | ++ | ++++ | – | ++++ |
| Wit 157 | +++ | ++++ | +/+++ | +++ |
