Table 3

Staining intensity of complement components and regulatory proteins in gastric tissues

Mean staining intensity (SD)
Complement components and regulatory proteinsNeonatal mucosaUninvolved mucosaDifferentiated adenocarcinomaUndifferentiated adenocarcinoma
CR1, complement receptor type 1; DAF, decay accelerating factor; MCP, membrane cofactor protein.
*p<0.05; **p<0.01.
C3dn=22.22 (0.51)n=172.57 (0.82)n=182.67 (1.04)n=131.21 (0.93)
C5b–9n=20n=171.32 (0.49)n=181.67 (0.63)n=131.38 (1.23)
MCP (CD46)n=25.11 (0.98)n=175.75 (0.52)n=185.41 (1.06)n=135.31 1.11)
DAF (CD55)n=20n=171.51 (0.87)**n=183.78 (1.72)**n=134.22 (1.35)**
CR1 (CD35)n=20n=130n=90n=60
S proteinn=21.22 (0.53)n=171.59 (0.76)n=182.13 (1.24)n=130.75 (0.62)
Protectin (CD59)n=20.93 (0.45)n=172.81 (0.98)*n=183.33 (1.29)**n=131.11 (0.72)*,**