TIPE2 acts as a biomarker for GIST risk category and suppresses the viability and invasiveness of GIST cells

Cell & Bioscience

Table 1 Correlations between TIPE2 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in GIST tissues

Variable	Number	TIPE2 expression		P value
Variable	Number	Low	High	P value
Number of patients	96	34	62
Age (years)
< 60	59	18	41	0.2732
≥ 60	37	16	21
Gender
Male	49	18	31	0.8331
Female	47	16	31
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 2	20	3	17	0.0047
2–5	42	12	30
> 5	34	19	15
Mitotic count/50 HPFs
≤ 5	82	23	59	0.0005
> 5	14	11	3
Primary tumor site
Gastric	61	23	38	0.6585
Non-gastric	35	11	24
Risk category
Very low risk	22	3	19	0.0006
Low risk	35	10	25
Intermediate risk	18	6	12
High risk	21	15	6

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