Association of hepatocyte-derived growth factor receptor/caudal type homeobox 2 co-expression with mucosal regeneration in active ulcerative colitis

Table 1 Number of immunopositive cells detected in peripheral blood and colonic biopsy samples

Average number of cells	Peripheral blood (normal/UC)	Lamina propria (normal/UC)
HGFR+	6.7 ± 1.22/38.5 ± 3.181	2.25 ± 0.85/9.22 ± 0.651
CDX2+(Clone: AMT28)3	0/0.94 ± 0.6412	0.75 ± 0.55/2.11 ± 0.7512
CDX2+(Clone: ZC007)3	0/1.0 ± 0.5912	0.8 ± 0.52/2.16 ± 0.7112
CD133+	1.1 ± 0.72/8.3 ± 1.081	11.1 ± 0.85/26.28 ± 1.711
Musashi-1+	0/scattered	0/scattered
HGFR+/CDX2+(Clone: AMT28)	0/1.0 ± 0.591	0.8 ± 0.69/2.06 ± 0.721
HGFR+/CD133+	0	0/scattered
Musashi-1+/CDX2+(Clone: AMT28)	0/scattered	0/scattered
CD133+/CDX2+(Clone: AMT28)	0	0/scattered

¹Indicates significant differences between normal vs UC samples (P < 0.05);

²Indicates that all CDX2⁺ cells in peripheral blood and lamina propria expressed HGFR as well;

³Indicates that no significant differences between the numbers of CDX2-AMT28 and CDX2-ZC007 immunoreactive cells were detected. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. UC: Ulcerative colitis.