Table 1 Expression rate of CDC2/CyclinB1 in 98 specimens
Specimens | Case | CDC2 expression (case) | Percentage of Positive cells (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Negative (-) | Weak Positive (+) | Positive (++) | Strong Positive (+++) | Â |
Normal adult brain tumor | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
Grade I | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
   Polycystic astrocytoma | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
   Choroid plexus papilloma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
Grade II | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 |
   Fibrillary astrocytoma | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |  |
   Protoplasmic astrocytoma | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
   Gemistocytic astrocytoma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
   Oligodendroglioma | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  |
   Ependymoma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Grade III | 23 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 69.6 |
   Anaplastic Astrocytoma | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 |  |
   Anaplastic oligodendroglioma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  |
   Anaplastic ependymoma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |  |
Grade IV | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 78.6 |
   Glioblastoma | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |  |
   Glioma sarcomatosum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  |
   Medulloblastoma | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  |
   Primitive neuroectodermal tumor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Multicellular tumor spheres | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 87.5 |
Brain tumor stem cell spheres | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Neural stem cell spheres | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |