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Table 1 Association of HDAC7/USP10/c-Myc expression with clinicopathological parameters of patients with ESCC [(%)]

From: Melatonin inhibits ESCC tumor growth by mitigating the HDAC7/β-catenin/c-Myc positive feedback loop and suppressing the USP10-maintained HDAC7 protein stability

Category

Total

(n = 148)

HDAC7 expression

USP10 expression

c-Myc expression

Low

(n = 79)

High

(n = 69)

P-value

Low

(n = 72)

High

(n = 76)

P-value

Low

(n = 73)

High

(n = 75)

P-value

Age

   

0.154

  

0.301

  

0.669

    < 60 years

45 (30.4)

28 (35.4)

17 (24.6)

 

19 (26.4)

26 (34.2)

 

21 (28.8)

24 (32.0)

 

    ≥ 60 years

103 (69.6)

51 (64.6)

52 (75.4)

 

53 (73.6)

50 (65.8)

 

52 (71.2)

51 (68.0)

 

Gender

   

0.982

  

0.156

  

0.734

    Male

120 (81.1)

64 (81.0)

56 (81.2)

 

55 (76.4)

65 (85.5)

 

60 (82.2)

60 (80.0)

 

    Female

28 (18.9)

15 (19.0)

13 (18.8)

 

17 (23.6)

11 (14.5)

 

13 (17.8)

15 (20.0)

 

Tumor location

   

0.388

  

0.381

  

0.294

    Upper

8 (5.4)

6 (7.6)

2 (2.9)

 

4 (5.6)

4 (5.3)

 

6 (8.2)

2 (2.6)

 

    Middle

76 (51.4)

38 (48.1)

38 (55.1)

 

41 (56.9)

35 (46.0)

 

35 (48.0)

41 (54.7)

 

    Lower

64 (43.2)

35 (44.3)

29 (42.0)

 

27 (37.5)

37 (48.7)

 

32 (43.8)

32 (42.7)

 

Tumor invasion

   

0.075

  

0.177

  

0.811

    T1–T2

13 (8.8)

10 (12.7)

3 (4.3)

 

4 (5.6)

9 (11.8)

 

6 (8.2)

7 (9.3)

 

    T3–T4

135 (91.2)

69 (87.3)

66 (95.7)

 

68 (94.4)

67 (88.2)

 

67 (91.8)

68 (90.7)

 

Lymphatic metastasis

   

0.080

  

0.001

  

0.002

    N0

80 (54.1)

48 (60.8)

32 (46.4)

 

49 (68.1)

31 (40.8)

 

49 (67.1)

31 (41.3)

 

    N1–N3

68 (45.9)

31 (39.2)

37 (53.6)

 

23 (31.9)

45 (59.2)

 

24 (32.9)

44 (58.7)

 

Differentiation

   

0.944

  

0.905

  

0.500

    Well and moderate

129 (87.2)

69 (87.3)

60 (87.0)

 

63 (87.5)

66 (86.8)

 

65 (89.0)

64 (85.3)

 

    Poor

19 (12.8)

10 (12.7)

9 (13.0)

 

9 (12.5)

10 (13.2)

 

8 (11.0)

11 (14.7)

 

pTNM stage

   

0.047

  

0.001

  

0.003

    I–II

73 (49.3)

45 (57.0)

28 (40.6)

 

46 (63.9)

27 (35.5)

 

45 (61.6)

28 (37.3)

 

    III

75 (50.7)

34 (43.0)

41 (59.4)

 

26 (36.1)

49 (64.5)

 

28 (38.4)

47 (62.7)