Table 5

Glycosyltransferase expression in human colorectal tissue: correlation of glycosyltransferase expression with invasiveness

T N FT-III FT-IV FT-VI GalT
1 or 24164 (106)147 (55)95 (87)330 (51)
314107 (70)141 (68)96 (79)345 (150)
4488 (62)135 (57)79 (47)310 (63)
  • Fucosyltransferase FT-III, FT-IV, FT-VI, and β1,4-galactosyltransferase (GalT) mRNA expression in colorectal carcinomas with regard to invasiveness (T). Values are mean (SD) percentage of sample fluorescence vfluorescence of β-actin control. N, number of cases.