Summary of expression of activin/inhibin ligands and receptors by northern blotting of normal and cancer tissues from 41 patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer disease
| Stage I | Stage II | Stage III | Stage IV | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Cancer | Normal | Cancer | Normal | Cancer | Normal | Cancer | ||||
| Inhibin βA | 2/13 | 6/13 | 0/7 | 3/7 | 0/7 | 4/7 | 0/14 | 13/14 | |||
| Inhibin βB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Inhibin α | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| ActRI | 13/13 | 13/13 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 14/14 | 14/14 | |||
| ActRIb | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| ActRII | 8/13 | 8/13 | 0/7 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 1/7 | 10/14 | 11/14 | |||
| ActRIIb | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
—, below the level of detection.