Characteristics   Relative copies of hMSH2 mRNA Relative copies of hMLH1 mRNA Relative copies of hMSH6 mRNA Relative copies of hPMS2 mRNA Tumor/ANT MMR mRNA gene expression
n Tumor ANT Tumor ANT Tumor ANT Tumor ANT hMSH2 hMLH1 hMSH6 hPMS2
All patients 31 0.0908a,f,ib 0.03375m 1.91 0.0908 1.55 1.895 0.00339 0.0908 1.15u 1.05 0.5995 0.5995
Gender                          
Male 17 0.091b,g 0.1255 1.42 1.9 1.96 17.5 0.0118 0.03015 0.791v 1.05 0.2145 0.5475
Female 14 0.0722h 0.00977 3.785 2.68 1.3p 1.275 0.00156 0.001145 1.921w 1.26 1.25ia 1.0195
Tumor Stage                          
I   5 (1WD+4MD) 0.0276c 0.0276 3.52 1.9 2.67q 3.7 0.0478 0.042 0.9739 0.773 0.626 0.847
II 15 (13MD+1M/PD+1PD) 0.232d,i 0.0325 4.12 2.48 1.05r 1.31 0.00232 0.000788 2.8x 1.62 1.64 1.22
III 11(7MD+2M/PD+2PD) 0.091j 0.0577 0.952n 2.64 1.05s 1.84 0.00112 0.00172 0.619 0.61 0.357 0.578
Lymph node metastasis                          
No 19 0.091e,k,ic 0.03375 4.12o 2.48 2.27t 1.275 0.00428 0.000536 2.83y 1.62 1.925 2.855
Yes 12 0.07245l 0.03297 0.9445 2.53 0.848 2.3 0.000994 0.01061 0.5215z 0.587 0.2955 0.5415
Mean age of the patients was 74years; ANT, Adjacent normal tissue; MMR, mismatch repair; WD, well differentiated tumors; MD, moderately differentiated tumors; M/PD, moderately-poorly differentiated tumors; PD, poorly differentiated tumors. ar=0.574765736, br=0.796820522, cr=0.99204665, dr=0.794450379, er=0.794045972, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH2/hPBGD & hMLH1/hPBGD mRNA ratios; fr=-0.008816335, gr= -0.054661116, hr=-0.008369458, ir=-0.066294139, jr=0.893917164, kr=- 0.054872336, lr=0.892161159, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH2/hPBGD & hMSH6/hPBGD mRNA ratios; mr=0.618906296, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH2/hPBGD & hPMS2/hPBGD mRNA ratios; nr=0.819228481, or= 0.81809858, Pearson test; correlation between hMLH1/hPBGD & hPMS2/hPBGD mRNA ratios; pr=0.82653886, qr=0.99792412, rr=0.96520875, sr= -0.0030656, tr= 0.63185688, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH6/hPBGD & hPMS2/hPBGD mRNA ratios; ur=0.999389, vr=0.999937, wr=-0.00904, xr= 0.999477, yr= 0.999475, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH2 & hPMS2 mRNA ratios of Tumor/ANT; zr=0.644378, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH2 & hMSH6 mRNA ratios of Tumor/ANT; Iar= 0.992066865, by Pearson test; correlation between hMSH6 & hPMS2 mRNA ratios of Tumor/ANT; ibP= 0.037994, icP=0.03214, by Student’s test, correlation between hMSH2/hPBGD ratios of Tumor/ANT
Table 2: Alterations in hMSH2, hMLH1, hMSH6 and hPMS2 mRNA levels between paired colorectal adenocarcinomas tumor and adjacent normal tissue samples relative to their clinical and histopathological parameters.