Galectin-1 from cancer-associated fibroblasts induces epithelial–mesenchymal transition through β1 integrin-mediated upregulation of Gli1 in gastric cancer

Table 1 Association of Gal-1 and Gli1 with clinicopathological indicators

Parameter	n	Gal-1			Gli1
		High	Low	P-value	High	Low	P-value
Tumor size
< 5 cm	62	30	32	0.118	27	35	0.039
≥ 5 cm	49	31	18		31	18
Depth of tumor invasion
T1-T2	31	9	22	0.001	8	23	0.001
T3-T4	80	52	28		50	30
Histologic type
Well and moderately differentiated	70	39	31	0.834	37	33	0.868
Poorly and undifferentiated	41	22	19		21	20
TNM stage
I- II	30	10	20	0.005	9	21	0.004
III- IV	81	51	30		49	32
Lymph Nodes Metastasis
No	43	18	25	0.027	15	28	0.004
Yes	68	43	25		43	25

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