Fig. 7

Elevated circulating activin B associates with GC. A. Boxplot representing the plasma activin B level between GC patients and healthy volunteers (n = 42). B-C. Boxplots representing the plasma activin B level in the different clinicopathological features of GC patients (n = 32). D. Boxplot representing the tissue activin B level among gastric cancer, matched normal tissues and matched paracancerous lesions (n = 19). E-F. Boxplots representing the tissue activin B level in the different clinicopathological features of GC patients (n = 19). *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001